Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, driven by gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.51%.
The session's strongest performers on the IBEX 35 included:
- Amadeus IT (BME:AMA) - rose 5.56% or 2.78 points to trade at 52.76 at the close.
- Acerinox (BME:ACX) - added 5.35% or 0.65 points to end at 12.81.
- Indra A (BME:IDR) - climbed 5.22% or 3.20 points to 64.50 in late trade.
On the downside, the biggest decliners were:
- Repsol (BME:REP) - fell 2.42% or 0.50 points to trade at 20.20 at the close.
- Enagas (BME:ENAG) - declined 0.99% or 0.15 points to end at 14.53.
- Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) - was down 0.61% or 0.50 points to 81.00.
Market breadth on the Madrid Stock Exchange favored advancing issues: rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 151 to 43, while 19 shares finished unchanged.
Notably, shares in Indra A (BME:IDR) reached an all time high, rising 5.22% or 3.20 to 64.50.
Commodities and futures showed mixed moves. Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.62% or 31.64 to $5,155.34 a troy ounce. Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $74.43 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract slipped 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $81.24 a barrel.
In currencies, EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.18% to 0.87. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.77.
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