Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 2.47% or 0.290 points to trade at 12.030 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.24% or 0.156 points to end at 7.119 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.85% or 0.175 points to 9.608 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 1.62% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.150 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.01% or 0.265 points to end at 25.890 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 0.93% or 0.041 points to 4.361.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 98 to 79 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.14% or 14.81 to $1288.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.44 to trade at $57.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.