Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.80% or 0.049 points to trade at 1.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 3.85% or 0.880 points to end at 23.740 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 3.75% or 0.250 points to 6.924 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which fell 2.13% or 0.420 points to trade at 19.275 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 1.71% or 0.430 points to end at 24.750 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) was down 1.42% or 0.160 points to 11.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 116 to 61 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 5.95 to $1294.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $60.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1402, while EUR/GBP rose 0.00% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.675.