Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.49% or 0.180 points to trade at 12.230 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.29% or 0.071 points to end at 5.556 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.27% or 0.175 points to 13.965 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which lost 3.80% or 0.184 points to trade at 4.662 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.44% or 0.124 points to end at 4.960 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.84% or 0.605 points to 32.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1318.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.09 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.14 to trade at $45.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.89.