MADRID, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 closed the final trading session of the year down 0.27 percent at 17,307.8 points, but ended 2025 with a gain of more than 49 percent, recording its strongest annual performance since 1993.
The index, which had reached record highs in the previous session, delivered its second-best yearly result on record, underscoring a year of broad-based gains across the Spanish stock market.
Despite modest losses in the year's final session, the IBEX 35 comfortably outperformed most major European equity benchmarks over the course of 2025. ■