Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 3.36% or 0.189 points to trade at 5.818 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) added 1.03% or 0.125 points to end at 12.215 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.45% or 0.145 points to 32.155 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which lost 2.37% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.541 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 2.36% or 0.755 points to end at 31.195 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 2.02% or 2.60 points to 126.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 59 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.65 to $1352.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.40% or 0.64 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.60 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1267, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 94.84.