Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.84% or 0.075 points to trade at 4.146 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.28% or 0.360 points to end at 28.500 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 0.69% or 0.110 points to 15.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 6.81% or 0.815 points to trade at 11.150 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 3.00% or 0.925 points to end at 29.960 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 2.11% or 0.245 points to 11.350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 58 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.25 to $1275.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.53 to trade at $63.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1582, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 94.84.