Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.17% or 0.32 points to trade at 14.80 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.11% or 0.057 points to end at 5.180 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.73% or 0.085 points to 11.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.74% or 0.240 points to trade at 13.585 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.63% or 0.205 points to end at 12.340 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.58% or 0.335 points to 20.825.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.25 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.70.