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Spanish shares gain 0.37 pct Wednesday

Xinhua,January 05, 2018 Adjust font size:

MADRID, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Spanish shares rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 up 0.37 percent or 36.90 points, to close at 10,116 points.

A total of 28 of the 35 selected large companies gained in the day.

Manufacturing corporation ArcelorMittal advanced 2.64 percent, followed by engineering and infrastructure company Tecnicas Reunidas and Spain's energy company Repsol that rose 2.53 percent and 2.23 percent respectively.

Renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa lost 0.68 percent, being the top loser of the blue chips. Spain's telecommunications company Telefonica fell 0.31 percent and global operator of services and infrastructure Ferrovial went down 0.24 percent respectively. Enditem