Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 2.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which rose 1.47% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.770 at the close. Endesa (MADRID:ELE) fell 0.30% or 0.055 points to end at 18.445 and Ferrovial (MADRID:FER) was down 0.68% or 0.145 points to 21.175 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 5.42% or 0.059 points to trade at 1.030 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 4.77% or 0.390 points to end at 7.793 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) shed 4.66% or 0.645 points to 13.205.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 23 and 9 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.64% or 7.30 to $1139.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 7.89% or 3.88 to hit $45.32 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 8.73% or 4.72 to trade at $49.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.7379.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 95.45.