Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which rose 1.67% or 0.340 points to trade at 20.720 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.67% or 0.118 points to end at 7.170 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 1.47% or 0.360 points to 24.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 3.25% or 0.181 points to trade at 5.393 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 2.52% or 0.044 points to end at 1.722 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) shed 1.55% or 0.210 points to 13.370.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 86 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.74% or 9.80 to $1333.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.16 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2231, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.58.