Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.79% or 0.226 points to trade at 8.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 2.72% or 0.310 points to end at 11.710 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.35% or 0.082 points to 3.568 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 2.11% or 0.49 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.03% or 1.360 points to end at 65.740 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 1.41% or 0.025 points to 1.712.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.70 to $1348.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2348, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.