Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 1.72% or 0.112 points to trade at 6.607 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 1.32% or 0.073 points to end at 5.611 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 1.15% or 0.106 points to 9.302 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MC:GAM), which lost 1.54% or 0.275 points to trade at 17.545 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.12% or 0.205 points to end at 18.020 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 1.05% or 0.064 points to 6.048.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 92 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.25% or 3.15 to $1277.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.96% or 0.46 to hit $48.18 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.29 to trade at $49.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1333, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.7828.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.40.