Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which rose 3.93% or 0.379 points to trade at 10.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 3.93% or 1.790 points to end at 47.335 and Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) was up 2.01% or 0.092 points to 4.659 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which fell 2.05% or 0.160 points to trade at 7.644 at the close. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.44% or 0.133 points to end at 9.081 and Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) was down 0.81% or 0.300 points to 36.985.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 108 to 100 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.93% or 1.790 to 47.335. Shares in FCC (MADRID:FCC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.44% or 0.133 to 9.081.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.40% or 4.80 to $1193.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.84% or 1.11 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.92 to trade at $65.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.19% to 1.1167, while EUR/GBP rose 1.12% to 0.7270.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.76% at 95.81.