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Spanish shares gain 1.70 pct Wednesday

Xinhua,February 08, 2018 Adjust font size:

MADRID, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Spanish shares gained on Wednesday, with the benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 up 1.70 percent or 166.90 points, to 9,976.90 points.

A total of 33 of the selected 35 large companies gained in the day.

Renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa advanced 5.45 percent, followed by Spain's seventh largest bank Bankinter and media company Mediaset that rose 3.49 percent and 3.20 percent respectively.

Supermarket chain DIA lost 0.25 percent, being the top loser of the blue chips, and stainless steel manufacturer Acerinox fell 0.13 percent. Enditem