Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic 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 Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR), which rose 1.76% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (BME:FER) added 1.20% or 0.48 points to end at 40.54 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) was up 1.18% or 0.02 points to 1.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which fell 0.58% or 0.14 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) unchanged 0.32% or 0.00 points to end at 1.26 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) was down 0.32% or 0.20 points to 61.55.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 128 to 58 and 24 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 3.71 to $2,631.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.34% or 0.93 to hit $70.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.87 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 107.99.