Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which rose 3.20% or 0.595 points to trade at 19.185 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 2.63% or 0.213 points to end at 8.300 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.58% or 0.33 points to 21.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 1.95% or 0.510 points to trade at 25.700 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 1.49% or 0.025 points to end at 1.649 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 1.28% or 0.052 points to 4.007.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 74 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.92% or 11.80 to $1265.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.64% or 0.37 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.63 to trade at $63.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1814, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.36.