Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 1.72% or 0.415 points to trade at 24.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.54% or 0.170 points to end at 11.210 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 1.23% or 0.119 points to 9.818 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which fell 0.95% or 0.079 points to trade at 8.199 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.66% or 0.029 points to end at 4.371 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 0.66% or 0.195 points to 29.305.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 122 to 49 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.66% or 0.195 to 29.305.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1261.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.9049.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.59.