Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.05%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building&Construction, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Financial Services&Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (BME:FER), which rose 1.86% or 0.68 points to trade at 37.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 1.30% or 1.00 points to end at 77.80 and Logista (BME:LOG) was up 1.26% or 0.34 points to 27.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Repsol (BME:REP), which fell 1.50% or 0.19 points to trade at 12.44 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) declined 1.33% or 0.15 points to end at 11.11 and Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) was down 1.18% or 0.58 points to 48.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 94 and 17 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 12.50 to $2,540.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.06% or 0.80 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.85 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 100.97.