Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.49% or 0.180 points to trade at 12.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.29% or 0.071 points to end at 5.556 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.27% or 0.175 points to 13.965 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which fell 3.80% or 0.184 points to trade at 4.662 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.44% or 0.124 points to end at 4.960 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 1.84% or 0.605 points to 32.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 118 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1318.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.08 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.14 to trade at $45.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.89.