Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 2.71% or 0.164 points to trade at 6.224 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.94% or 0.210 points to end at 11.050 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.88% or 0.20 points to 10.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 1.52% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.844 in late trade. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 1.18% or 0.275 points to end at 23.050 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 1.13% or 0.195 points to 17.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 76 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1225.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.47% or 0.25 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.37 to trade at $55.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.35.