Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.79% or 0.226 points to trade at 8.340 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 2.72% or 0.310 points to end at 11.710 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.35% or 0.082 points to 3.568 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 2.11% or 0.49 points to trade at 22.77 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.03% or 1.360 points to end at 65.740 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 1.41% or 0.025 points to 1.712.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.60 to $1348.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2348, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.