Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.10% or 0.450 points to trade at 11.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 3.30% or 0.410 points to end at 12.835 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.90% or 0.340 points to 12.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Viscofan (MC:VIS), which fell 1.85% or 1.000 points to trade at 53.100 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.90% or 0.145 points to end at 15.985 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.73% or 0.150 points to 20.510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 71 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 22.10 to $1334.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $62.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.