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 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 1.76% or 0.025 points to trade at 1.447 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.38% or 0.655 points to end at 48.195 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.23% or 0.205 points to 16.865 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which fell 2.19% or 0.162 points to trade at 7.244 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 1.99% or 0.104 points to end at 5.118 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was down 1.85% or 0.064 points to 3.397.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 84 to 83 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.34% or 4.20 to $1236.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.98% or 1.05 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.88 to trade at $54.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.0697, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.23.