Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 6.01% or 0.785 points to trade at 13.855 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 4.08% or 0.360 points to end at 9.180 and Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) was up 2.63% or 0.935 points to 36.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which fell 1.00% or 0.070 points to trade at 6.960 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 0.97% or 0.140 points to end at 14.350 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was down 0.89% or 0.085 points to 9.465.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 103 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.97% or 0.140 to 14.350.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.44% or 5.20 to $1180.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.68% or 0.41 to hit $60.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.26 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.7182.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.34.