Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Services, Madrid Consumer Goods and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 2.49% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.30 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) added 2.46% or 0.14 points to end at 5.61 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) was up 1.57% or 0.05 points to 2.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which fell 4.10% or 0.38 points to trade at 8.77 in late trade. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 1.17% or 0.28 points to end at 23.68 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) down 1.01% or 0.09 points to 9.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 103 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) fell to 3-year lows; falling 4.10% or 0.38 to 8.77.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 26.70 to $2,657.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 106.75.