Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Building&Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which rose 2.38% or 0.156 points to trade at 6.706 at the close. Meanwhile, Repsol (MC:REP) added 1.76% or 0.290 points to end at 16.805 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.41% or 0.275 points to 19.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 4.24% or 0.450 points to trade at 10.170 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.70% or 0.044 points to end at 2.550 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 0.86% or 0.066 points to 7.568.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 95 to 88 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indra A (MC:IDR) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.24% or 0.450 to 10.170. Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; falling 1.70% or 0.044 to 2.550.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1256.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.26% or 2.30 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.58 to trade at $77.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1585, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.
