Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 6.65% or 0.061 points to trade at 0.978 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.77% or 0.207 points to end at 5.691 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.26% or 1.640 points to 74.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.62% or 0.205 points to trade at 12.440 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.58% or 0.121 points to end at 7.545 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) shed 1.09% or 0.031 points to 2.822.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 72 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.37% or 16.35 to $1212.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.69% or 0.36 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.99% to 1.0706, while EUR/GBP fell 1.76% to 0.8646.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.12% at 100.39.