Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which rose 2.54% or 0.47 points to trade at 19.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 1.96% or 0.04 points to end at 1.93 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) was up 1.77% or 0.38 points to 21.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which fell 3.91% or 0.42 points to trade at 10.33 at the close. Acerinox (BME:ACX) declined 3.79% or 0.38 points to end at 9.51 and Melia Hotels (BME:MEL) was down 3.26% or 0.25 points to 7.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 97 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.70 to $2,466.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.97% or 1.57 to hit $81.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 1.24 to trade at $84.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.54.