Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.69%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 5.50% or 0.455 points to trade at 8.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 4.90% or 0.860 points to end at 18.420 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 3.55% or 0.615 points to 17.935 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 9.99% or 0.111 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.94% or 0.030 points to end at 3.154 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was down 0.18% or 0.013 points to 7.029.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 120 to 54 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; down 9.99% or 0.111 to 1.000.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1231.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $80.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1585, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.70.