Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which rose 3.66% or 0.300 points to trade at 8.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.14% or 0.455 points to end at 40.290 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.09% or 1.10 points to 102.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FCC (MC:FCC), which fell 3.71% or 0.282 points to trade at 7.308 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 3.49% or 0.070 points to end at 1.921 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 3.46% or 0.211 points to 5.883.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 163 to 54 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.20 to $1166.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.40% or 0.66 to hit $47.76 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.38 to trade at $50.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.7468.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.76.