Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.97% or 0.265 points to trade at 13.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 1.70% or 0.016 points to end at 0.960 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.45% or 0.630 points to 44.035 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 1.59% or 0.370 points to trade at 22.935 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 0.95% or 0.008 points to end at 0.831 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was down 0.90% or 0.180 points to 19.755.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1239.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.60% or 0.86 to hit $54.64 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.73 to trade at $56.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0549, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 101.37.