Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.52% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.934 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 1.32% or 0.250 points to end at 19.200 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.11% or 0.230 points to 20.975 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 1.44% or 0.077 points to trade at 5.271 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 0.69% or 0.020 points to end at 2.884 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) shed 0.46% or 0.080 points to 17.220.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.25 to $1137.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 0.85 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.83 to trade at $56.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.