Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.10% or 0.125 points to trade at 4.159 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.98% or 0.163 points to end at 5.628 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.80% or 0.195 points to 11.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which fell 2.81% or 0.585 points to trade at 20.230 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.26% or 0.815 points to end at 35.180 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was down 2.20% or 0.128 points to 5.701.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 89 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1258.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.15% or 0.59 to hit $50.76 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.68 to trade at $52.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1060, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.9060.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 97.56.