Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.77% or 0.605 points to trade at 34.790 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 1.58% or 0.070 points to end at 4.511 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.02% or 0.120 points to 11.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acciona (MC:ANA), which fell 1.69% or 1.300 points to trade at 75.600 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.66% or 0.091 points to end at 5.380 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was down 1.07% or 0.200 points to 18.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 137 to 87 and 29 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.74 to $1223.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $49.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.