Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 3.55% or 0.680 points to trade at 19.850 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.68% or 0.995 points to end at 38.150 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.01% or 0.125 points to 6.337 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 9.67% or 0.071 points to trade at 0.663 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.38% or 0.183 points to end at 7.495 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 1.87% or 0.020 points to 1.047.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.42% or 17.85 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $53.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0612, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.