Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.91% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.28% or 0.155 points to trade at 12.300 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.92% or 0.074 points to end at 8.118 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 0.67% or 0.220 points to 33.225 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 7.01% or 0.727 points to trade at 9.648 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 2.92% or 0.054 points to end at 1.793 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 2.30% or 0.510 points to 21.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 44 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.05 to $1319.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.29% or 0.60 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.09 to trade at $51.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2020, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.9294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 91.96.