Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.29%

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 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 lost 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) shed 1.62% or 0.55 points to 33.34.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 5.55 to $2,751.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 0.44% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.39.