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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME: MTS ), which rose 5.79% or 1.40 points to trade at 25.58 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME: ICAG ) added 4.54% or 0.13 points to end at 3.08 and Banco Santander (BME: SAN ) was up 4.41% or 0.27 points to 6.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iberdrola (BME: IBE ), which fell 2.43% or 0.38 points to trade at 15.26 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME: SLRS ) declined 2.10% or 0.14 points to end at 6.61 and Endesa SA (BME: ELE ) was down 1.98% or 0.51 points to 25.27.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 132 to 68 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.45% or 117.85 to $3,301.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.78% or 1.77 to hit $61.90 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.69 to trade at $65.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 99.38.