Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.37% or 0.375 points to trade at 11.520 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.45% or 0.164 points to end at 6.859 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.31% or 0.25 points to 19.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 1.72% or 0.390 points to trade at 22.340 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.55% or 2.45 points to end at 156.00 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 1.14% or 0.140 points to 12.140.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 81 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.24 to $1310.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.93% or 0.47 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.50 to trade at $54.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1969, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.79.