Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Madrid Technology and Telecommunications, Madrid Consumer Goods and Madrid Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which rose 7.42% or 2.14 points to trade at 30.98 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) added 5.76% or 0.44 points to end at 7.99 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) was up 5.67% or 0.59 points to 10.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which fell 1.77% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.67 in late trade. Bankinter (BME:BKT) declined 0.84% or 0.07 points to end at 8.30 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) down 0.50% or 0.08 points to 15.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 141 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.25% or 33.46 to $2,715.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.29% or 1.75 to hit $78.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.50 to trade at $81.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 108.98.