Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which rose 3.21% or 1.030 points to trade at 33.150 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 3.00% or 0.765 points to end at 26.300 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 2.53% or 0.620 points to 25.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 1.69% or 0.440 points to trade at 25.650 in late trade. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 1.06% or 0.175 points to end at 16.340 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.84% or 0.10 points to 12.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 74 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.23% or 3.10 to $1343.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.84% or 1.80 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.87% or 1.97 to trade at $70.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.