Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.03%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.03%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 1.92% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.34 at the close. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 1.72% or 1.25 points to end at 73.75 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was up 1.57% or 1.90 points to 122.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA), which lost 3.81% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.28 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) declined 3.66% or 0.85 points to end at 22.38 and Repsol (BME:REP) shed 2.62% or 0.32 points to 12.09.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 94 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.22% or 32.65 to $2,633.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.50% or 3.47 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.45% or 3.60 to trade at $77.33 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.30.