Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction 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 Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 3.08% or 0.445 points to trade at 14.900 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.18% or 0.275 points to end at 23.555 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 0.55% or 0.035 points to 6.445 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 2.94% or 0.248 points to trade at 8.192 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 2.71% or 0.585 points to end at 21.005 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 1.95% or 0.265 points to 13.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.96% or 11.85 to $1245.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.64% or 0.80 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 0.77 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0813, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 99.50.