Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 6.65% or 0.061 points to trade at 0.978 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.77% or 0.207 points to end at 5.691 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.26% or 1.640 points to 74.090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.62% or 0.205 points to trade at 12.440 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.58% or 0.121 points to end at 7.545 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was down 1.09% or 0.031 points to 2.822.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 72 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acciona (MC:ANA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.26% or 1.640 to 74.090.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.37% or 16.35 to $1212.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.71% or 0.37 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.98% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 1.76% to 0.8646.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.11% at 100.40.