Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the added 2.04%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 5.93% or 3.04 points to trade at 54.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox () added 4.88% or 0.70 points to end at 15.05 and Grifols SA () was up 4.83% or 0.44 points to 9.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (), which fell 2.24% or 0.52 points to trade at 22.73 at the close. Fluidra () declined 0.89% or 0.17 points to end at 18.91 and Telefonica () was down 0.49% or 0.02 points to 4.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 146 to 51 and 21 ended unchanged.
Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 20.35 to $4,537.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, for delivery in July fell 5.61% or 5.86 to hit $98.52 a barrel, while the July contract fell 6.26% or 7.02 to trade at $105.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.86.
The Futures was down 0.12% at 98.99.
