Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.13% or 0.036 points to trade at 1.187 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 2.84% or 0.104 points to end at 3.768 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 2.65% or 0.061 points to 2.365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viscofan (MC:VIS), which lost 0.33% or 0.160 points to trade at 49.100 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 0.28% or 0.055 points to end at 19.445 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 0.23% or 0.045 points to 19.445.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 44 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1343.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.99% or 0.47 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.62 to trade at $49.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.49.