Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.70% or 0.462 points to trade at 10.300 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.56% or 1.95 points to end at 127.30 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.54% or 0.210 points to 13.835 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 4.20% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.016 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 3.27% or 0.041 points to end at 1.211 and Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) shed 2.11% or 0.109 points to 5.054.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 86 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.45 to $1333.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.35 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.18 to trade at $46.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8405.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 97.10.