Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction 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 FCC (MADRID:FCC), which rose 3.14% or 0.292 points to trade at 9.582 at the close. Meanwhile, Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 2.20% or 0.365 points to end at 16.985 and Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) was up 2.16% or 0.815 points to 38.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which fell 2.01% or 0.245 points to trade at 11.920 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) declined 1.72% or 0.115 points to end at 6.590 and Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) was down 1.30% or 0.058 points to 4.375.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 122 to 91 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.40 to $1154.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.32% or 0.69 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.45 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1006, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.7063.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.85.