Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.42% or 4.20 points to trade at 177.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 2.04% or 0.134 points to end at 6.700 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.97% or 1.440 points to 74.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.65% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 1.21% or 0.370 points to end at 30.130 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 1.04% or 0.019 points to 1.860.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 83 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.81% or 0.52 to hit $63.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.95 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2237, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 90.38.