Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 2.58% or 0.09 points to trade at 3.66 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) added 2.06% or 0.21 points to end at 10.39 and Indra A (BME:IDR) was up 1.54% or 0.27 points to 17.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which lost 2.38% or 0.72 points to trade at 29.52 in late trade. Repsol (BME:REP) declined 1.29% or 0.16 points to end at 11.86 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) shed 1.24% or 0.60 points to 47.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 81 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.72% or 18.96 to $2,666.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.86% or 0.63 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.67 to trade at $76.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.30.