Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 1.56% or 0.100 points to trade at 6.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 1.25% or 0.010 points to end at 0.807 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.01% or 0.190 points to 18.955 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 4.47% or 0.274 points to trade at 5.860 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 3.69% or 0.735 points to end at 19.200 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 1.39% or 0.155 points to 11.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 91 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.95 to $1278.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.53% or 0.24 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $46.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.90.