Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 2.22% or 0.091 points to trade at 4.182 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 1.99% or 0.117 points to end at 6.012 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.99% or 0.415 points to 21.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 2.23% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.744 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 0.94% or 0.175 points to end at 18.470 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was down 0.90% or 0.14 points to 15.47.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 143 to 62 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.45 to $1270.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.00% or 1.51 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.27 to trade at $52.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.