Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.97% or 0.265 points to trade at 13.750 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 1.70% or 0.016 points to end at 0.960 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.45% or 0.630 points to 44.035 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 1.59% or 0.370 points to trade at 22.935 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 0.95% or 0.008 points to end at 0.831 and Endesa (MC:ELE) shed 0.90% or 0.180 points to 19.755.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1239.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.64% or 0.88 to hit $54.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 0.74 to trade at $56.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0549, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 101.37.