Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 4.96% or 0.108 points to trade at 2.286 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 4.33% or 0.091 points to end at 2.191 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was up 4.29% or 0.238 points to 5.788 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which added 0.14% or 0.040 points to trade at 27.930 in late trade. FCC (MC:FCC) added 0.23% or 0.017 points to end at 7.589 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) gained 0.39% or 0.039 points to 9.987.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 169 to 36 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.74% or 21.80 to $1229.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.98% or 0.47 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.26 to trade at $48.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1146, while EUR/GBP fell 1.69% to 0.7616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.56.