Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:GAS), which rose 1.88% or 0.440 points to trade at 23.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Endesa (MC:ELE) added 0.95% or 0.175 points to end at 18.675 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.93% or 0.170 points to 18.470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 3.55% or 0.940 points to trade at 25.510 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 3.17% or 0.085 points to end at 2.595 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was down 2.65% or 0.146 points to 5.369.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 62 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:GAS) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.88% or 0.440 to 23.900.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.51% or 18.00 to $1209.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $84.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.03.