Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which rose 2.59% or 0.405 points to trade at 16.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.40% or 0.52 points to end at 22.17 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.29% or 0.255 points to 11.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 2.63% or 0.345 points to trade at 12.770 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 0.30% or 0.005 points to end at 1.660 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 0.18% or 0.020 points to 11.160.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 143 to 44 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.83% or 11.20 to $1343.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $69.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.