Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.45% or 0.063 points to trade at 2.631 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.22% or 0.057 points to end at 2.626 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 2.18% or 0.158 points to 7.405 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which fell 0.85% or 0.10 points to trade at 12.29 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 0.55% or 0.135 points to end at 24.500 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was down 0.17% or 0.120 points to 70.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 58 and 25 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.07% or 13.30 to $1255.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $77.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1646, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.43.