Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.77% or 0.605 points to trade at 34.790 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 1.58% or 0.070 points to end at 4.511 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.02% or 0.120 points to 11.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acciona (MC:ANA), which lost 1.69% or 1.300 points to trade at 75.600 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.66% or 0.091 points to end at 5.380 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) shed 1.07% or 0.200 points to 18.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 137 to 87 and 29 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.71 to $1223.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $49.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1351, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.