Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.43% or 0.172 points to trade at 4.050 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 2.21% or 0.168 points to end at 7.774 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.50% or 0.049 points to 3.321 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 3.20% or 0.940 points to trade at 28.390 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 2.93% or 0.180 points to end at 5.960 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 2.25% or 0.585 points to 25.360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.72% or 8.70 to $1198.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $78.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1572, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.44.