Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 0.76% or 0.200 points to trade at 26.380 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) added 0.70% or 0.032 points to end at 4.580 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.69% or 0.90 points to 131.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 2.41% or 0.285 points to trade at 11.555 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.56% or 0.505 points to end at 31.845 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was down 1.44% or 0.078 points to 5.331.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 65 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.05% or 14.05 to $1330.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.53% or 1.62 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.46% or 1.66 to trade at $46.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1217, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.39.