Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.30% or 0.035 points to trade at 2.719 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 1.21% or 0.106 points to end at 8.856 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.17% or 0.140 points to 12.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 1.66% or 0.430 points to trade at 25.420 in late trade. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) declined 1.37% or 0.510 points to end at 36.830 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.32% or 0.150 points to 11.230.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 67 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1779, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.57.