Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which rose 1.83% or 0.21 points to trade at 11.68 at the close. Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) added 1.29% or 0.30 points to end at 23.52 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was up 1.04% or 0.38 points to 36.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which lost 6.52% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.78 in late trade. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) declined 6.29% or 0.07 points to end at 1.07 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) shed 5.37% or 0.29 points to 5.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 61 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 26.80 to $2,686.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.11% or 2.80 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.79% or 2.72 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.97.