Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which rose 8.36% or 0.148 points to trade at 1.918 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 5.30% or 0.340 points to end at 6.757 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 4.03% or 1.180 points to 30.435 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 3.28% or 0.365 points to trade at 10.765 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.29% or 0.255 points to end at 19.545 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 0.84% or 0.245 points to 28.975.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 64 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1243.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.24% or 1.38 to hit $44.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.02% or 1.34 to trade at $45.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7742.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 94.43.