Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 3.01% or 0.250 points to trade at 8.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 2.84% or 0.620 points to end at 22.460 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 2.54% or 1.540 points to 62.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 0.41% or 0.024 points to trade at 5.834 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 0.37% or 0.026 points to end at 7.090 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was down 0.21% or 0.05 points to 23.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.49% or 1.21 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.29 to trade at $58.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1449, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9003.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.450.