Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 3.25% or 2.420 points to trade at 76.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 2.92% or 0.195 points to end at 6.875 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 2.45% or 0.44 points to 18.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 2.16% or 0.255 points to trade at 11.560 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 1.14% or 0.052 points to end at 4.520 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was down 0.08% or 0.006 points to 7.515.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 140 to 35 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.46% or 5.62 to $1220.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.44% or 0.65 to hit $45.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.46 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1411, while EUR/GBP fell 0.81% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.54.