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 0.84% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.24% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.925 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.63% or 0.082 points to end at 3.200 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.25% or 0.088 points to 3.998 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 0.63% or 0.075 points to trade at 11.870 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 0.46% or 0.225 points to end at 49.045 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.29% or 0.070 points to 24.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mapfre (MC:MAP) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.63% or 0.082 to 3.200. Shares in Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.25% or 0.088 to 3.998.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1254.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.84% or 0.88 to hit $48.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.63% or 0.83 to trade at $51.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.0843, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.19.