April 8, 2025

Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 2.38%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.38%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (BME: IDR ), which rose 5.84% or 1.44 points to trade at 26.08 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME: ICAG ) added 5.60% or 0.15 points to end at 2.77 and Fluidra (BME: FLUI ) was up 5.26% or 0.98 points to 19.62 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Repsol (BME: REP ), which fell 0.99% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.95 at the close. Telefonica (BME: TEF ) declined 0.46% or 0.02 points to end at 4.08 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY ) was up 0.34% or 0.08 points to 23.86.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 164 to 34 and 18 ended unchanged.

Shares in Repsol (BME: REP ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.99% or 0.10 to 9.95.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.28% or 38.15 to $3,011.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.89% or 0.54 to hit $61.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.22 to trade at $64.43 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.04.

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