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 fell 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 2.50% or 0.235 points to trade at 9.635 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.50% or 0.600 points to end at 24.590 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.38% or 0.180 points to 13.205 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 3.48% or 0.800 points to trade at 22.210 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.49% or 0.280 points to end at 10.950 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 2.18% or 0.250 points to 11.240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 66 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 9.60 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.81% or 0.51 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.47 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 89.82.