Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.21% or 0.067 points to trade at 1.659 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.19% or 0.058 points to end at 2.710 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 1.53% or 0.085 points to 5.625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 1.82% or 0.480 points to trade at 25.865 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 1.10% or 0.12 points to end at 10.74 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 0.81% or 0.460 points to 56.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 72 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.66 to $1277.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.04% or 0.54 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 0.84 to trade at $58.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1765, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.8964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.80.