Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.26%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building&Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which rose 3.63% or 0.70 points to trade at 19.82 at the close. Enagas (BME:ENAG) added 2.18% or 0.29 points to end at 13.60 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was up 1.26% or 1.50 points to 120.10 in late trade.

Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which lost 1.51% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.54 in late trade. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 1.34% or 0.23 points to end at 16.97 and Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) shed 1.27% or 0.04 points to 3.11.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 84 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.92% or 25.45 to $2,734.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.71% or 1.23 to hit $70.51 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.28 to trade at $74.76 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 104.31.