Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.99% or 1.030 points to trade at 26.830 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.89% or 0.210 points to end at 11.310 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.67% or 1.160 points to 70.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which lost 2.49% or 0.225 points to trade at 8.815 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.59% or 0.064 points to end at 3.960 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.53% or 0.370 points to 23.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 91 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.25% or 16.70 to $1316.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.89 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.76 to trade at $66.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 90.29.