By Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 4.94% or 0.49 points to trade at 10.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 2.57% or 0.23 points to end at 9.01 and Bankinter (BME:BKT) was up 1.95% or 0.16 points to 8.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which fell 2.12% or 0.37 points to trade at 17.11 at the close. Repsol (BME:REP) declined 1.76% or 0.21 points to end at 11.69 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) was down 1.56% or 0.12 points to 7.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 82 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) fell to all time lows; falling 2.12% or 0.37 to 17.11. Shares in Bankinter (BME:BKT) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.95% or 0.16 to 8.35. Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.56% or 0.12 to 7.55.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 3.84 to $2,682.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.69 to hit $76.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.73 to trade at $80.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 109.28.
