Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 2.14% or 0.037 points to trade at 1.794 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 1.74% or 0.071 points to end at 4.140 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 1.68% or 0.047 points to 2.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 2.59% or 0.114 points to trade at 4.286 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.49% or 1.060 points to end at 70.000 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 1.25% or 0.235 points to 18.490.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.64% or 8.50 to $1311.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.67% or 1.03 to hit $62.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.84 to trade at $68.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1921, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.32.