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 fell 1.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 0.98% or 0.10 points to trade at 10.27 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 0.83% or 0.90 points to end at 108.95 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.69% or 0.068 points to 9.905 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 4.82% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.589 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 4.43% or 0.200 points to end at 4.314 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) shed 4.34% or 0.080 points to 1.762.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 157 to 48 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.22% or 15.20 to $1229.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.26% or 0.84 to hit $36.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 0.88 to trade at $38.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1110, while EUR/GBP rose 1.12% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.66.