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 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.70% or 0.462 points to trade at 10.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.56% or 1.95 points to end at 127.30 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.54% or 0.210 points to 13.835 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 4.20% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.016 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 3.27% or 0.041 points to end at 1.211 and Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) was down 2.11% or 0.109 points to 5.054.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 86 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.56% or 1.95 to 127.30.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.35 to $1333.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.35 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.18 to trade at $46.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8405.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 97.10.