Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.58% or 0.132 points to trade at 5.242 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 2.44% or 0.465 points to end at 19.565 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 2.08% or 0.016 points to 0.787 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 2.10% or 0.255 points to trade at 11.860 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.47% or 1.90 points to end at 127.30 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 1.23% or 0.121 points to 9.690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 102 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1186.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.84% or 1.81 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.58% or 1.76 to trade at $47.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.0625, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 101.16.