Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.42% or 0.164 points to trade at 6.927 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 0.86% or 0.160 points to end at 18.770 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 0.83% or 0.057 points to 6.923 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 1.81% or 0.235 points to trade at 12.740 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.30% or 0.140 points to end at 10.650 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.25% or 0.360 points to 28.380.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 75 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.23 to $1279.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $47.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9123.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.