Spanish equities closed higher in Madrid on Tuesday, with the IBEX 35 finishing the session up 1.80%.
Sector performance was led by gains in Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods, which together helped push the benchmark upward by the close.
The session's top performers on the IBEX 35 were:
- ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) - up 9.85% or 12.00 points to close at 133.80. ACS rose to all-time highs during the session.
- Acerinox (BME:ACX) - up 4.99% or 0.70 points to finish at 14.74. Acerinox advanced to five-year highs.
- Indra A (BME:IDR) - up 4.49% or 2.24 points to close at 52.18.
On the downside, the largest decliners included:
- Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) - down 1.99% or 0.57 points to 28.12 at the close.
- Logista (BME:LOG) - down 1.35% or 0.44 points to end at 32.20.
- Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) - down 1.10% or 0.10 points to 9.01.
Market breadth in Madrid favored advancers: 122 stocks rose, 75 declined and 17 finished unchanged.
Outside the equity market, key commodity prices moved in different directions. Gold Futures for June delivery gained 0.92% or 41.56 to trade at $4,574.86 a troy ounce. Crude oil saw declines: the June WTI contract fell 4.16% or 4.43 to $101.99 a barrel, while the July Brent contract slipped 3.46% or 3.96 to $110.48 a barrel.
In foreign exchange markets, EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% at 1.17 and EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.17% at 0.86. The US Dollar Index Futures ticked down 0.04% to 98.22.
Summary of the close:
- The IBEX 35 closed higher by 1.80%.
- Top individual risers included ACS, Acerinox and Indra A.
- Largest falls were recorded by Cellnex, Logista and Grifols.
- Gold rose while crude oil prices moved lower.
No additional data or events beyond the session's closing prices and the commodity and FX moves cited above are reported.