Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.83% or 0.310 points to trade at 11.250 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 2.33% or 0.033 points to end at 1.429 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.21% or 0.172 points to 7.946 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 6.30% or 0.129 points to trade at 1.918 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 3.42% or 0.880 points to end at 24.850 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 2.40% or 1.450 points to 59.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 76 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; falling 6.30% or 0.129 to 1.918.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.43% or 5.30 to $1226.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.45% or 1.02 to hit $69.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.63 to trade at $74.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1708, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8916.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.23.