Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which rose 2.59% or 0.405 points to trade at 16.040 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.40% or 0.52 points to end at 22.17 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.29% or 0.255 points to 11.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 2.63% or 0.345 points to trade at 12.770 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 0.30% or 0.005 points to end at 1.660 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 0.18% or 0.020 points to 11.160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 44 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.83% or 11.20 to $1343.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $69.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2411, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 88.94.