Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.78% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 3.15% or 0.196 points to trade at 6.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.72% or 0.089 points to end at 5.260 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 1.69% or 0.145 points to 8.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 1.48% or 0.076 points to trade at 5.063 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 1.41% or 0.160 points to end at 11.185 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 1.40% or 0.685 points to 48.235.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 67 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.69% or 0.145 to 8.740.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.60% or 7.35 to $1232.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $55.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0595, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 101.12.