Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which rose 1.65% or 0.134 points to trade at 8.276 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) added 1.02% or 0.058 points to end at 5.750 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) was up 0.81% or 0.090 points to 11.145 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 26.22% or 0.371 points to trade at 1.044 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 6.22% or 0.925 points to end at 13.950 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was down 2.91% or 0.035 points to 1.166.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 148 to 56 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) fell to all time lows; losing 26.22% or 0.371 to 1.044. Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.22% or 0.925 to 13.950.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.10 to $1091.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.90% or 0.86 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 0.67 to trade at $50.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0952, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7014.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 97.55.