Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MADRID:BKIA), which rose 5.00% or 0.059 points to trade at 1.239 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 3.85% or 1.615 points to end at 43.545 and Banco Santander (MADRID:SAN) was up 2.91% or 0.145 points to 5.126 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 0.91% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.926 at the close. Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) declined 0.39% or 0.155 points to end at 39.455 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was down 0.05% or 0.05 points to 103.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 172 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.87% or 9.90 to $1147.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.13% or 1.91 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.76% or 2.35 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.7400.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.69% at 95.56.