Stocks in Spain finished higher on Tuesday, as sector-level gains in Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction underpinned the market advance.
Benchmark performance - At the close in Madrid the IBEX 35 added 1.46% and reached a new one-month high.
Top and bottom movers
- Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was the top performer on the IBEX 35, rising 4.75% or 0.43 points to close at 9.39.
- ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) gained 4.44% or 5.30 points to end the session at 124.60; the shares rose to an all-time high during the trading day.
- Indra A (BME:IDR) added 3.54% or 1.78 points to finish at 52.06.
- Repsol (BME:REP) was the weakest of the group, slipping 2.77% or 0.60 points to close at 21.07.
- Endesa SA (BME:ELE) fell 1.05% or 0.40 points to end at 37.61.
- Iberdrola (BME:IBE) declined 0.20% or 0.04 points to 19.99 at the close.
Market breadth - Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 147 to 44, while 25 issues finished unchanged.
Commodities and FX snapshot
- Gold Futures for June delivery rose 1.41% or 67.05 to $4,834.45 a troy ounce.
- Crude oil for delivery in May fell 6.66% or 6.60 to $92.48 a barrel, while the June Brent contract declined 3.86% or 3.84 to trade at $95.52 a barrel.
- EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.18; EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.15% to 0.87.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 97.93.
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