Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.22% or 0.119 points to trade at 5.474 at the close. Meanwhile, Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 1.85% or 0.350 points to end at 19.245 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.61% or 0.109 points to 6.869 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which fell 1.62% or 0.320 points to trade at 19.380 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.37% or 0.097 points to end at 6.962 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.14% or 0.008 points to 0.697.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 75 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.61% or 7.45 to $1237.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $51.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8576.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.13.