Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.30% or 0.035 points to trade at 2.719 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 1.21% or 0.106 points to end at 8.856 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.17% or 0.140 points to 12.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.66% or 0.430 points to trade at 25.420 at the close. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) declined 1.37% or 0.510 points to end at 36.830 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 1.32% or 0.150 points to 11.230.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 116 to 67 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.47% or 0.31 to hit $66.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1779, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.58.