Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 3.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 26.61% or 0.206 points to trade at 0.980 at the close. Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) added 9.62% or 1.160 points to end at 13.225 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) was up 8.55% or 1.085 points to 13.775 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MADRID:ELE), which added 0.43% or 0.077 points to trade at 18.198 in late trade. Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) added 1.10% or 0.198 points to end at 18.183 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) gained 1.16% or 0.111 points to 9.648.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 173 to 23 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.44% or 16.60 to $1137.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.29% or 1.26 to hit $39.50 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 0.83 to trade at $43.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.79% to 1.1411, while EUR/GBP fell 1.31% to 0.7270.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.35% at 94.64.