Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MADRID:BKIA), which rose 3.26% or 0.033 points to trade at 1.046 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 2.62% or 1.055 points to end at 41.305 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was up 2.29% or 0.140 points to 6.245 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which lost 2.55% or 0.059 points to trade at 2.254 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.08% or 0.079 points to end at 7.245 and Red Electrica Corp. (MADRID:REE) shed 0.49% or 0.355 points to 72.285.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 137 to 72 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.43% or 4.80 to $1102.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.05% or 0.90 to hit $44.90 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $47.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.7345.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 95.77.