Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 3.55% or 0.680 points to trade at 19.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.68% or 0.995 points to end at 38.150 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.01% or 0.125 points to 6.337 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 9.67% or 0.071 points to trade at 0.663 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.38% or 0.183 points to end at 7.495 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was down 1.87% or 0.020 points to 1.047.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 69 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 9.67% or 0.071 to 0.663.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.42% or 17.75 to $1271.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $53.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0612, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.