Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 2.01% or 1.380 points to trade at 70.060 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.66% or 0.390 points to end at 23.820 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.50% or 0.255 points to 17.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 3.08% or 0.045 points to trade at 1.433 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 3.02% or 0.242 points to end at 7.766 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 2.35% or 0.078 points to 3.236.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 82 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.50 to $1302.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.88.