Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.10% or 0.450 points to trade at 11.430 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 3.30% or 0.410 points to end at 12.835 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.90% or 0.340 points to 12.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viscofan (MC:VIS), which lost 1.85% or 1.000 points to trade at 53.100 in late trade. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.90% or 0.145 points to end at 15.985 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 0.73% or 0.150 points to 20.510.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 71 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 22.10 to $1334.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.94% or 0.58 to hit $62.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.2355, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 89.49.