Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.54% or 0.121 points to trade at 4.893 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.57% or 0.033 points to end at 5.834 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) was up 0.35% or 0.100 points to 28.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 2.70% or 0.199 points to trade at 7.178 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.51% or 0.143 points to end at 5.550 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 1.41% or 0.170 points to 11.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 116 to 53 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.28% or 15.35 to $1211.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.56% or 0.82 to hit $53.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 0.99 to trade at $56.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.82% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 99.66.