Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which rose 3.21% or 1.030 points to trade at 33.150 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 3.00% or 0.765 points to end at 26.300 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 2.53% or 0.620 points to 25.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 1.69% or 0.440 points to trade at 25.650 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 1.06% or 0.175 points to end at 16.340 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 0.84% or 0.10 points to 12.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 74 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.23% or 3.10 to $1343.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.84% or 1.80 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.90% or 1.99 to trade at $70.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.