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 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.85% or 0.315 points to trade at 11.375 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.23% or 0.300 points to end at 24.730 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.19% or 2.00 points to 170.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.40% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.073 in late trade. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 2.33% or 0.200 points to end at 8.394 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 1.35% or 0.155 points to 11.290.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 86 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1243.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 1.00 to trade at $63.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.09.