Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 2.71% or 0.164 points to trade at 6.224 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.94% or 0.210 points to end at 11.050 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.88% or 0.20 points to 10.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 1.52% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.844 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 1.18% or 0.275 points to end at 23.050 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 1.13% or 0.195 points to 17.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 83 to 76 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.88% or 0.20 to 10.83.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1225.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.47% or 0.25 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $55.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.35.