Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.62% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 4.06% or 0.500 points to trade at 12.810 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) added 2.75% or 0.555 points to end at 20.760 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.83% or 0.265 points to 14.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.03% or 0.122 points to trade at 3.908 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.55% or 0.110 points to end at 4.210 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 2.31% or 0.042 points to 1.774.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 76 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.98% or 13.05 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.07% or 1.45 to hit $48.74 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.06% or 1.08 to trade at $53.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1920, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.9151.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.24.