Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 6.49% or 0.183 points to trade at 3.003 at the close. Meanwhile, Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 5.34% or 0.815 points to end at 16.080 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was up 3.75% or 0.530 points to 14.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS), which fell 3.12% or 0.635 points to trade at 19.705 at the close. Endesa (MADRID:ELE) declined 1.84% or 0.315 points to end at 16.850 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was down 0.74% or 0.69 points to 93.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 152 to 52 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.30 to $1169.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.16% or 1.88 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.06 to trade at $62.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1082, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7099.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 96.27.