Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 2.74% or 0.114 points to trade at 4.270 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.33% or 0.024 points to end at 1.053 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 2.29% or 0.131 points to 5.839 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 1.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 17.29 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 0.80% or 0.09 points to end at 11.12 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 0.78% or 0.195 points to 24.905.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 58 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.56% or 7.10 to $1254.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.19.