Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 3.52% or 0.142 points to trade at 4.170 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.31% or 0.135 points to end at 4.210 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 3.06% or 0.580 points to 19.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which lost 3.87% or 0.785 points to trade at 19.510 in late trade. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 2.51% or 0.665 points to end at 25.830 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 2.47% or 0.178 points to 7.028.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1247.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.89% or 0.82 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 0.91 to trade at $46.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.18% to 1.1313, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 96.34.