Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (BME:REP), which rose 1.83% or 0.22 points to trade at 11.95 at the close. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) added 1.67% or 0.02 points to end at 1.22 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) was up 1.37% or 0.08 points to 5.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which fell 1.93% or 1.50 points to trade at 76.20 in late trade. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) declined 1.89% or 0.39 points to end at 20.00 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) down 1.62% or 0.55 points to 33.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 107 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 5.50 to $2,751.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.54% or 1.10 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 1.01 to trade at $76.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.39.