Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 3.94% or 0.115 points to trade at 3.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.14% or 0.241 points to end at 7.921 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was up 2.63% or 0.031 points to 1.211 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which fell 3.01% or 0.565 points to trade at 18.200 at the close. FCC (MADRID:FCC) added 0.22% or 0.022 points to end at 9.934 and Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) was up 0.27% or 0.035 points to 12.975.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 148 to 62 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) rose to all time highs; up 0.27% or 0.035 to 12.975.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1186.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.99 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.52.