Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 2.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 0.17% or 0.045 points to trade at 26.560 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) fell 0.28% or 0.35 points to end at 124.30 and FCC (MC:FCC) was down 0.29% or 0.022 points to 7.581 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which lost 5.27% or 0.137 points to trade at 2.462 in late trade. Sacyr (MC:SCYR) declined 5.27% or 0.096 points to end at 1.726 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 5.17% or 0.042 points to 0.770.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 26 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.52% or 6.70 to $1289.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.81% or 1.26 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 0.92 to trade at $44.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1520, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.7917.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 92.80.