Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 1.91% or 0.600 points to trade at 32.050 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 0.89% or 0.049 points to end at 5.572 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 0.89% or 0.026 points to 2.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 4.30% or 0.550 points to trade at 12.230 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 1.96% or 0.380 points to end at 19.000 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 1.46% or 2.35 points to 158.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 74 and 12 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.95 to $1330.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.35 to trade at $54.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1959, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 91.93.