Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.21% or 0.067 points to trade at 1.659 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.19% or 0.058 points to end at 2.710 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 1.53% or 0.085 points to 5.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.82% or 0.480 points to trade at 25.865 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 1.10% or 0.12 points to end at 10.74 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was down 0.81% or 0.460 points to 56.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 90 to 72 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.65 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.00% or 0.52 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 0.83 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1764, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.8964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.81.