Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 5.74% or 1.450 points to trade at 26.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 4.62% or 0.435 points to end at 9.860 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 3.46% or 0.390 points to 11.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 2.68% or 0.62 points to trade at 22.51 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 2.54% or 0.290 points to end at 11.110 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 2.08% or 0.375 points to 17.650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 78 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1225.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 1.00 to hit $68.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.79 to trade at $73.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1680, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.41.