Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 2.47% or 0.290 points to trade at 12.030 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.24% or 0.156 points to end at 7.119 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.85% or 0.175 points to 9.608 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 1.62% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.150 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.01% or 0.265 points to end at 25.890 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.93% or 0.041 points to 4.361.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 79 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.13% or 14.78 to $1288.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.81% or 0.42 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.44 to trade at $57.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.