Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which rose 4.36% or 0.157 points to trade at 3.756 at the close. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) added 2.39% or 0.070 points to end at 2.995 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was up 2.02% or 0.182 points to 9.204 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA), which lost 3.77% or 1.385 points to trade at 35.300 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 1.20% or 0.195 points to end at 15.995 and Iberdrola (MADRID:IBE) shed 0.62% or 0.037 points to 6.046.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 103 and 3 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.24% or 2.80 to $1176.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.06% or 1.78 to hit $59.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.18% or 2.00 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7334.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.22.