Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.03%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG ), which rose 1.92% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI ) added 1.72% or 1.25 points to end at 73.75 and Acciona (BME:ANA ) was up 1.57% or 1.90 points to 122.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA ), which fell 3.81% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.28 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS ) declined 3.66% or 0.85 points to end at 22.38 and Repsol (BME:REP ) was down 2.62% or 0.32 points to 12.09.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 94 and 22 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.20% or 32.10 to $2,633.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.50% or 3.47 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.44% or 3.59 to trade at $77.34 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.29.

Source: Investing.com