Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.32% or 0.350 points to trade at 8.455 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.38% or 0.246 points to end at 7.528 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.55% or 0.030 points to 1.206 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 6.26% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.674 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 3.51% or 2.840 points to end at 78.080 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 2.47% or 0.540 points to 21.310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.14% or 2.48 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.98% or 2.79 to trade at $67.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.06.