Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 4.19% or 0.655 points to trade at 16.305 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 3.33% or 0.820 points to end at 25.460 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.80% or 1.800 points to 66.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 2.32% or 0.650 points to trade at 27.400 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.49% or 0.118 points to end at 7.820 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 0.92% or 0.11 points to 11.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 128 to 57 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1300.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.32% or 1.55 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.66% or 2.01 to trade at $77.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.01% to 1.1653, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 94.09.