Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.15% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.56% or 0.460 points to trade at 13.380 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 1.89% or 0.013 points to end at 0.700 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.82% or 0.098 points to 5.478 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which lost 1.74% or 0.320 points to trade at 18.080 in late trade. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 1.73% or 0.116 points to end at 6.602 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 1.45% or 0.097 points to 6.602.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.94% or 12.06 to $1265.44 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.17 to trade at $51.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.62.