Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 7.99% or 1.110 points to trade at 14.995 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 5.88% or 0.185 points to end at 3.331 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 2.74% or 0.690 points to 25.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 6.22% or 0.153 points to trade at 2.307 at the close. FCC (MC:FCC) declined 4.02% or 0.262 points to end at 6.257 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 3.47% or 0.052 points to 1.447.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 92 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.22% or 0.153 to 2.307. Shares in B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.47% or 0.052 to 1.447.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.33% or 3.60 to $1087.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.27 to hit $30.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 0.74 to trade at $29.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.0914, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.7698.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 99.10.