Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.15% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.56% or 0.460 points to trade at 13.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 1.89% or 0.013 points to end at 0.700 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.82% or 0.098 points to 5.478 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which fell 1.74% or 0.320 points to trade at 18.080 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 1.73% or 0.116 points to end at 6.602 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 1.45% or 0.097 points to 6.602.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 102 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.95% or 12.09 to $1265.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.17 to trade at $51.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 98.62.