Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.33%

Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.33%.

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which lost 0.92% or 0.22 points to trade at 23.72 in late trade. 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) shed 0.32% or 0.03 points to 9.27.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

 

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.