Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.43% or 0.172 points to trade at 4.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 2.21% or 0.168 points to end at 7.774 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.50% or 0.049 points to 3.321 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 3.20% or 0.940 points to trade at 28.390 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 2.93% or 0.180 points to end at 5.960 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 2.25% or 0.585 points to 25.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.93% or 0.180 to 5.960.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.73% or 8.80 to $1197.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $78.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1572, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.44.