Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.33% or 0.265 points to trade at 11.650 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 2.26% or 0.940 points to end at 42.500 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was up 1.93% or 0.099 points to 5.222 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MC:ELE), which lost 0.32% or 0.060 points to trade at 18.760 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 11.880 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) gained 0.08% or 0.005 points to 6.029.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 153 to 32 and 31 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.75 to $1346.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.26 to hit $42.76 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.35 to trade at $45.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1109, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.11.