Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.32% or 0.162 points to trade at 7.142 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.57% or 0.430 points to end at 27.780 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.56% or 0.20 points to 12.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 3.06% or 0.860 points to trade at 27.240 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.45% or 0.156 points to end at 6.212 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 1.95% or 0.065 points to 3.274.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 80 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1256.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.70 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.