Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 4.31% or 0.740 points to trade at 17.905 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 3.38% or 1.195 points to end at 36.600 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 3.17% or 0.161 points to 5.241 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which lost 1.61% or 0.17 points to trade at 10.71 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.21% or 0.102 points to end at 8.313 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) shed 0.78% or 0.165 points to 20.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 56 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1258.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.48% or 0.80 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.78 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.0619, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.88.