Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.12% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which rose 0.09% or 0.02 points to trade at 21.30 at the close. Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) fell 0.12% or 0.02 points to end at 16.23 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was down 0.18% or 0.20 points to 109.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (BME:MEL), which lost 3.22% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.38 in late trade. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) declined 3.19% or 2.70 points to end at 82.05 and Logista (BME:LOG) shed 2.78% or 0.76 points to 26.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 146 to 49 and 29 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.25% or 5.85 to $2,369.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.19% or 0.98 to hit $81.35 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 1.09 to trade at $84.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.83.