Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.84% or 0.470 points to trade at 12.700 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.40% or 0.110 points to end at 27.610 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.06% or 0.10 points to 174.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 3.75% or 0.840 points to trade at 21.550 in late trade. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 2.74% or 0.115 points to end at 4.085 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) shed 2.58% or 0.490 points to 18.475.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 28 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1338.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.71% or 1.12 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.77 to trade at $68.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2403, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.03.