Spanish equities ended Tuesday's session with broad-based gains as sector strength in Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction propelled the market higher. The IBEX 35 closed up 1.46%, marking a new one-month high for the index.
The session's top performers on the IBEX 35 included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which advanced 4.75% - a rise of 0.43 points - to finish at 9.39. Construction and services group ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) climbed 4.44% - up 5.30 points - to end the day at 124.60. Technology and services firm Indra A (BME:IDR) gained 3.54% or 1.78 points to close at 52.06.
On the downside, energy names weighed on the laggard list. Repsol (BME:REP) fell 2.77% - down 0.60 points - to settle at 21.07. Endesa SA (BME:ELE) slipped 1.05% or 0.40 points to close at 37.61, and Iberdrola (BME:IBE) eased 0.20% - a 0.04-point decline - to finish at 19.99.
Market breadth in Madrid favored advancers, with 147 stocks rising, 44 declining and 25 unchanged at the close. Among individual milestones, shares of ACS rose to an all-time high, reflecting the 4.44% session gain that took the share price to 124.60.
Outside equities, commodity prices moved unevenly. Gold futures for June delivery traded higher, up 1.41% or 67.05 to $4,834.45 a troy ounce. Oil markets were weaker: crude oil for May delivery fell 6.66% or 6.60 to $92.48 a barrel, while the June Brent contract declined 3.86% or 3.84 to $95.52 a barrel.
Currency markets were relatively stable. The euro-dollar pair (EUR/USD) was unchanged by 0.26% at 1.18, and the euro-pound rate (EUR/GBP) was unchanged by 0.15% at 0.87. The US Dollar Index Futures slipped 0.24% to 97.93.
These moves left the IBEX 35 higher at the close and pointed to sector-led strength in Spain's market, while commodities and currency pairs showed divergent trends through the session.