Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 6.91% or 0.058 points to trade at 0.898 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 6.89% or 0.197 points to end at 3.057 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 5.62% or 0.069 points to 1.297 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MC:GAM), which lost 0.69% or 0.130 points to trade at 18.655 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 0.35% or 0.015 points to end at 4.224 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 0.30% or 0.029 points to 9.685.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 48 and 29 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.52% or 6.15 to $1170.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.87% or 0.97 to hit $50.82 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 0.96 to trade at $53.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.