Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 2.64%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 6.91% or 0.058 points to trade at 0.898 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 6.89% or 0.197 points to end at 3.057 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 5.62% or 0.069 points to 1.297 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which fell 0.69% or 0.130 points to trade at 18.655 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 0.35% or 0.015 points to end at 4.224 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 0.30% or 0.029 points to 9.685.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 145 to 48 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.35% or 0.015 to 4.224.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.52% or 6.15 to $1170.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.89% or 0.98 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.77% or 0.97 to trade at $53.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.