Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MADRID:BKT), which fell 0.03% or 0.002 points to trade at 7.068 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) fell 0.20% or 0.004 points to end at 2.047 and Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) was down 0.36% or 0.015 points to 4.125 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which fell 4.26% or 0.371 points to trade at 8.327 at the close. Indra A (MADRID:IDR) declined 3.70% or 0.395 points to end at 10.275 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) was down 3.58% or 0.039 points to 1.050.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 174 to 28 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.00 to $1108.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.87% or 1.74 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.90% or 1.48 to trade at $49.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1030, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.7088.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.34.