Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.04% or 0.072 points to trade at 1.866 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 2.84% or 0.117 points to end at 4.230 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 2.42% or 0.138 points to 5.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 3.51% or 0.79 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.72% or 0.235 points to end at 8.410 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 2.53% or 0.750 points to 28.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 79 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inditex (MC:ITX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.53% or 0.750 to 28.850.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1317.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $68.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1957, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.03.