Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 2.42% or 1.740 points to trade at 73.640 at the close. Meanwhile, Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 1.62% or 0.350 points to end at 21.910 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.46% or 0.390 points to 27.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 3.54% or 0.280 points to trade at 7.634 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.17% or 0.260 points to end at 11.700 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.80% or 0.480 points to 26.180.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 93 to 89 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 6.20 to $1262.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.69% or 2.51 to hit $70.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.83 to trade at $76.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 94.21.