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 lost 2.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 1.15% or 1.30 points to trade at 114.40 at the close. FCC (MC:FCC) fell 0.07% or 0.005 points to end at 7.575 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.17% or 0.045 points to 26.205 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which lost 9.20% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.580 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 5.97% or 0.252 points to end at 3.967 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) shed 5.01% or 0.267 points to 5.058.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 182 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.89% or 10.90 to $1230.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.02 to hit $35.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $37.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP rose 0.86% to 0.8051.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.58.