Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.24% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 2.12% or 0.180 points to trade at 8.670 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.73% or 0.162 points to end at 9.508 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.60% or 0.067 points to 4.264 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which lost 2.12% or 0.635 points to trade at 29.300 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.24% or 0.055 points to end at 4.370 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 0.56% or 1.00 points to 178.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 5.40 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.76 to trade at $69.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2287, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.98.