Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.98% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.57% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.667 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 2.72% or 0.220 points to end at 8.303 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.39% or 1.810 points to 77.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MC:MAP), which lost 1.40% or 0.045 points to trade at 3.159 in late trade. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.26% or 0.014 points to end at 1.100 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 0.94% or 0.120 points to 12.700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.85 to $1256.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.98% or 0.48 to hit $48.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.41 to trade at $51.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.95.