Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 3.43% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) added 2.53% or 0.11 points to end at 4.44 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 2.05% or 0.20 points to 9.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 2.43% or 0.28 points to trade at 11.26 in late trade. Logista (BME:LOG) declined 1.39% or 0.38 points to end at 27.04 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) shed 1.29% or 0.32 points to 24.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 93 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 9.30 to $2,545.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.05% or 1.59 to hit $75.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.44 to trade at $78.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 100.65.