Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.42% or 4.20 points to trade at 177.90 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 2.04% or 0.134 points to end at 6.700 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.97% or 1.440 points to 74.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.65% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.880 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 1.21% or 0.370 points to end at 30.130 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 1.04% or 0.019 points to 1.860.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 83 and 12 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.81% or 0.52 to hit $63.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.95 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2237, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 90.38.