Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic 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 Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 1.72% or 0.415 points to trade at 24.610 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.54% or 0.170 points to end at 11.210 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 1.23% or 0.119 points to 9.818 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which lost 0.95% or 0.079 points to trade at 8.199 in late trade. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.66% or 0.029 points to end at 4.371 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.66% or 0.195 points to 29.305.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 49 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.14 to $1261.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.9049.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.59.