Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.22% or 0.119 points to trade at 5.474 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 1.85% or 0.350 points to end at 19.245 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.61% or 0.109 points to 6.869 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 1.62% or 0.320 points to trade at 19.380 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.37% or 0.097 points to end at 6.962 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.14% or 0.008 points to 0.697.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 75 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.61% or 7.47 to $1237.47 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.83 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.13.