Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.93% or 0.225 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 1.31% or 0.022 points to end at 1.704 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.19% or 0.135 points to 11.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 2.31% or 0.275 points to trade at 11.640 in late trade. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 1.66% or 0.110 points to end at 6.532 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) shed 1.19% or 0.100 points to 8.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 85 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1262.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.23.