Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 3.00% or 0.400 points to trade at 13.730 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.84% or 0.189 points to end at 6.854 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 2.64% or 0.340 points to 13.210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 0.65% or 0.027 points to trade at 4.146 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 0.48% or 0.85 points to end at 177.80 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) shed 0.44% or 0.095 points to 21.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.38 to $1266.52 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $46.31 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.24 to trade at $48.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.03.