Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.98% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.57% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.667 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 2.72% or 0.220 points to end at 8.303 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.39% or 1.810 points to 77.550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which fell 1.40% or 0.045 points to trade at 3.159 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.26% or 0.014 points to end at 1.100 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 0.94% or 0.120 points to 12.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 122 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acciona (MC:ANA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.39% or 1.810 to 77.550.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.87 to $1256.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.96% or 0.47 to hit $48.37 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.40 to trade at $51.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.95.