Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 2.08% or 0.265 points to trade at 12.985 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) added 1.91% or 0.125 points to end at 6.656 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.75% or 0.141 points to 8.199 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 22.98% or 6.645 points to trade at 22.275 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 3.43% or 0.565 points to end at 15.920 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 3.20% or 0.070 points to 2.115.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 71 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) fell to 3-years lows; losing 22.98% or 6.645 to 22.275.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.36% or 29.30 to $1210.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.22% or 0.36 to hit $29.08 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.77% or 0.93 to trade at $32.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.7792.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 96.87.