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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 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which rose 1.69% or 0.28 points to trade at 16.84 at the close. Endesa SA (BME:ELE) added 1.43% or 0.37 points to end at 26.27 and Enagas (BME:ENAG) was up 1.30% or 0.18 points to 13.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA), which lost 2.02% or 0.26 points to trade at 12.34 in late trade. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) declined 1.80% or 0.03 points to end at 1.69 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) shed 1.77% or 0.05 points to 2.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 97 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 22.51 to $3,325.19 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.13% or 1.32 to hit $60.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.34 to trade at $63.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 98.89.