Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.73% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 6.43% or 0.215 points to trade at 3.557 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 4.03% or 0.208 points to end at 5.371 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 3.99% or 0.053 points to 1.382 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 2.18% or 0.168 points to trade at 7.540 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) declined 0.98% or 0.190 points to end at 19.215 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.85% or 0.195 points to 22.765.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 40 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.43% or 0.215 to 3.557. Shares in Banco Santander (MC:SAN) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.03% or 0.208 to 5.371. Shares in Enagas (MC:ENAG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.85% or 0.195 to 22.765.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.33% or 16.15 to $1194.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $55.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.8513.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 100.16.