Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 1.19% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.62 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) added 0.35% or 0.110 points to end at 31.390 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 0.20% or 0.025 points to 12.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.52% or 0.945 points to trade at 36.555 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.25% or 0.021 points to end at 0.911 and Repsol (MC:REP) shed 2.12% or 0.305 points to 14.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 37 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.55 to $1202.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.59% or 0.77 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.58 to trade at $50.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.0631, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.43.