Spain Stock Market Overview

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.31%, reaching a new 1-month high.

Best Performers

The standout performers on the IBEX 35 included:
– ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS): rose 5.43% or 2.40 points to trade at 46.60.
– Ferrovial (BME:FER): added 2.62% or 1.04 points to end at 40.70.
– Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX): up 2.31% or 1.24 points to 54.92 in late trading.

Worst Performers

The least successful stocks in the session were:
– Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE): fell 2.12% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.87.
– Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI): declined 1.71% or 1.10 points to end at 63.10.
– Acciona (BME:ANA): down 1.50% or 1.80 points to 118.00.

Market Trends

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 116 to 73, with 25 stocks ending unchanged.

Shares in ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) and Ferrovial (BME:FER) both reached all-time highs.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for February delivery rose 0.43% or 11.51 to $2,670.01 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for January delivery increased 3.02% or 2.06 to $70.16 a barrel.
• February Brent oil contract rose 2.71% or 1.95 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.05.

• EUR/GBP remained stable at 0.83.

• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 106.22.