Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.49% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 0.13% or 0.020 points to trade at 15.650 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) fell 0.51% or 0.130 points to end at 25.520 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 0.53% or 0.042 points to 7.938 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 6.57% or 0.105 points to trade at 1.494 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 5.61% or 0.274 points to end at 4.614 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 5.20% or 0.179 points to 3.263.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 157 to 23 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1302.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.49% or 1.69 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.36 to trade at $74.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1553, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.75.