Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which rose 3.93% or 0.379 points to trade at 10.020 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 3.93% or 1.790 points to end at 47.335 and Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) was up 2.01% or 0.092 points to 4.659 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 2.05% or 0.160 points to trade at 7.644 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.44% or 0.133 points to end at 9.081 and Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) shed 0.81% or 0.300 points to 36.985.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 100 and 6 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.40% or 4.80 to $1193.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.84% or 1.11 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.92 to trade at $65.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.22% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.7272.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.76% at 95.81.