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Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Services, Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate and Madrid Technology and Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 2.22% or 0.24 points to trade at 11.06 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) added 1.88% or 0.07 points to end at 3.74 and Indra A (BME:IDR) was up 1.57% or 0.56 points to 36.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which fell 1.32% or 0.25 points to trade at 18.63 in late trade. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 1.30% or 0.28 points to end at 21.26 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) down 1.24% or 0.13 points to 10.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 92 to 92 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.07% or 2.41 to $3,409.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.56% or 1.14 to hit $72.13 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.11 to trade at $75.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 98.09.