Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which rose 2.17% or 0.250 points to trade at 11.790 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) added 1.87% or 0.154 points to end at 8.384 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 1.31% or 0.570 points to 44.175 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MADRID:MAP), which lost 4.29% or 0.145 points to trade at 3.239 in late trade. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 3.50% or 0.098 points to end at 2.703 and Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) shed 2.86% or 0.102 points to 3.459.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 141 to 69 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1104.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.52% or 0.26 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.06% to 1.0939, while EUR/GBP rose 1.10% to 0.7032.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 97.43.