Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 2.39% or 0.270 points to trade at 11.560 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 2.13% or 0.270 points to end at 12.935 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.69% or 0.20 points to 11.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 1.15% or 0.330 points to trade at 28.440 in late trade. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) declined 0.45% or 0.075 points to end at 16.710 and Endesa (MC:ELE) shed 0.43% or 0.090 points to 20.585.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 45 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.22 to $1292.48 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.86% or 0.41 to hit $47.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.37 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1768, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.9168.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.36.