Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.32% or 0.162 points to trade at 7.142 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.57% or 0.430 points to end at 27.780 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.56% or 0.20 points to 12.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 3.06% or 0.860 points to trade at 27.240 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.45% or 0.156 points to end at 6.212 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 1.95% or 0.065 points to 3.274.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 80 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1256.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.71 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.