Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.78% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 1.97% or 0.275 points to trade at 14.230 at the close. Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) added 1.40% or 0.047 points to end at 3.396 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was up 1.34% or 1.24 points to 93.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which lost 3.06% or 0.276 points to trade at 8.753 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 2.30% or 0.360 points to end at 15.265 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) shed 2.21% or 0.280 points to 12.410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 104 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.37% or 4.40 to $1174.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.10% or 0.64 to hit $58.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.21 to trade at $63.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1147, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.7093.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 95.65.