Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.99% or 0.305 points to trade at 10.510 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 1.93% or 0.330 points to end at 17.405 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 1.19% or 0.230 points to 19.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 2.44% or 0.095 points to trade at 3.794 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 2.36% or 0.169 points to end at 6.980 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was down 1.94% or 0.035 points to 1.771.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 87 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.40 to $1247.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.11 to hit $41.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.19 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1217, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.7895.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.67.