Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.33%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services&Real Estate and Building&Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.33% to hit a new 5-year high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 4.90% or 1.05 points to trade at 22.49 at the close. Acerinox (BME:ACX) added 3.98% or 0.39 points to end at 10.05 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was up 2.82% or 0.55 points to 20.02 in late trade.

Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 2.20% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.54 in late trade. Acciona (BME:ANA) declined 1.50% or 1.90 points to end at 124.80 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) shed 1.37% or 1.00 points to 71.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 95 to 95 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 20.50 to $2,673.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.41% or 0.99 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.04 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.27.