Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which rose 2.68% or 0.510 points to trade at 19.535 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.74% or 0.420 points to end at 24.540 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.08% or 0.215 points to 20.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 6.64% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.629 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 3.20% or 0.290 points to end at 8.760 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 3.17% or 0.162 points to 4.929.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 42 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 3.45 to $1243.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.36 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1327, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8938.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.010.