Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.85%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 0.17% or 0.045 points to trade at 26.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) fell 0.28% or 0.35 points to end at 124.30 and FCC (MC:FCC) was down 0.29% or 0.022 points to 7.581 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 5.27% or 0.137 points to trade at 2.462 at the close. Sacyr (MC:SCYR) declined 5.27% or 0.096 points to end at 1.726 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was down 5.17% or 0.042 points to 0.770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 185 to 26 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.53% or 6.85 to $1288.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.90% or 1.30 to hit $43.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 0.95 to trade at $44.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1520, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.7917.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 92.81.