Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR), which rose 1.96% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 1.64% or 0.03 points to end at 1.86 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) was up 1.20% or 0.48 points to 40.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which fell 0.92% or 0.22 points to trade at 23.72 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) declined 0.37% or 0.03 points to end at 8.01 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was down 0.32% or 0.03 points to 9.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.37% or 0.03 to 8.01.
Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.
