Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 3.74% or 0.960 points to trade at 26.660 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 1.41% or 0.255 points to end at 18.405 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.34% or 0.030 points to 2.266 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 1.80% or 0.520 points to trade at 28.290 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.45% or 0.081 points to end at 5.490 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 1.36% or 0.108 points to 7.832.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 75 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.80 to $1214.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.25 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1716, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.9093.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.48.