Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.29%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (BME:REP), which rose 1.83% or 0.22 points to trade at 11.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) added 1.67% or 0.02 points to end at 1.22 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) was up 1.37% or 0.08 points to 5.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which fell 1.93% or 1.50 points to trade at 76.20 at the close. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) declined 1.89% or 0.39 points to end at 20.00 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was down 1.62% or 0.55 points to 33.34.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 5.05 to $2,751.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.54% or 1.10 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 1.01 to trade at $76.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.39.