Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 4.66% or 0.320 points to trade at 7.185 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 4.03% or 0.168 points to end at 4.338 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 2.48% or 0.075 points to 3.103 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which fell 2.06% or 0.194 points to trade at 9.213 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.31% or 0.335 points to end at 25.295 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was down 1.28% or 0.280 points to 21.590.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 82 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.51 to $1249.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.40 to hit $44.64 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.49 to trade at $47.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.