Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 1.84% or 0.086 points to trade at 4.771 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.08% or 1.40 points to end at 130.75 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.82% or 0.150 points to 18.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.06% or 0.024 points to trade at 0.761 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.67% or 0.033 points to end at 1.202 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) shed 2.49% or 0.167 points to 6.541.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.58% or 20.95 to $1347.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $44.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.74 to trade at $46.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.84% to 1.1242, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8368.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.87% at 94.91.