Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.61% or 0.151 points to trade at 4.334 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.40% or 0.025 points to end at 0.761 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was up 3.00% or 0.172 points to 5.895 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 0.87% or 0.310 points to trade at 35.165 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 0.31% or 0.40 points to end at 130.85 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) gained 0.33% or 0.018 points to 5.409.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 167 to 37 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.25 to $1263.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $51.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP fell 1.03% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 97.79.