Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.42% or 0.405 points to trade at 12.265 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 1.28% or 0.24 points to end at 19.39 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.60% or 0.155 points to 26.155 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 4.28% or 0.203 points to trade at 4.542 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 2.92% or 0.169 points to end at 5.610 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 2.22% or 0.092 points to 4.050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 38 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 8.52 to $1293.52 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $51.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.06 to trade at $56.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1801, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.