Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.32% or 0.350 points to trade at 8.455 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.38% or 0.246 points to end at 7.528 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.55% or 0.030 points to 1.206 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 6.26% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.674 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 3.51% or 2.840 points to end at 78.080 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 2.47% or 0.540 points to 21.310.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 95 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.47% or 0.540 to 21.310.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1202.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.15% or 2.49 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.99% or 2.80 to trade at $67.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.06.