Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.58% or 0.132 points to trade at 5.242 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 2.44% or 0.465 points to end at 19.565 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 2.08% or 0.016 points to 0.787 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 2.10% or 0.255 points to trade at 11.860 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.47% or 1.90 points to end at 127.30 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.23% or 0.121 points to 9.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 102 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1186.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.82% or 1.80 to hit $45.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 1.75 to trade at $47.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0626, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 101.16.