Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.25% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.97% or 0.740 points to trade at 25.640 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.14% or 0.205 points to end at 18.230 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.98% or 0.074 points to 7.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 4.39% or 0.288 points to trade at 6.272 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 3.41% or 0.070 points to end at 1.982 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 1.73% or 0.21 points to 11.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 73 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1202.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.