Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.03% or 0.355 points to trade at 9.165 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.49% or 0.019 points to end at 0.775 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 2.02% or 0.48 points to 24.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 3.83% or 0.284 points to trade at 7.122 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.06% or 0.075 points to end at 3.570 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 1.63% or 0.850 points to 51.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 81 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.02% or 0.48 to 24.22.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 6.30 to $1226.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.16 to trade at $60.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1336, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.965.