Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.52% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.934 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 1.32% or 0.250 points to end at 19.200 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.11% or 0.230 points to 20.975 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 1.44% or 0.077 points to trade at 5.271 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 0.69% or 0.020 points to end at 2.884 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.46% or 0.080 points to 17.220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endesa (MC:ELE) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.11% or 0.230 to 20.975.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.25 to $1137.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 0.85 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.83 to trade at $56.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.