Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 2.96%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which fell 0.14% or 0.15 points to trade at 103.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MC:ENAG) fell 0.15% or 0.040 points to end at 26.950 and Red Electrica Corp. (MC:REE) was down 0.51% or 0.390 points to 75.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which fell 7.91% or 0.121 points to trade at 1.409 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 7.24% or 0.357 points to end at 4.571 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was down 6.27% or 0.171 points to 2.555.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 190 to 23 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.27% or 0.171 to 2.555.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.34% or 3.80 to $1124.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 4.36% or 1.38 to hit $30.24 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.34% or 1.15 to trade at $33.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0907, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.7574.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 98.98.