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 1.69%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 0.98% or 0.10 points to trade at 10.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 0.83% or 0.90 points to end at 108.95 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.69% or 0.068 points to 9.905 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 4.82% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.589 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 4.43% or 0.200 points to end at 4.314 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was down 4.34% or 0.080 points to 1.762.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 157 to 48 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.21% or 15.10 to $1230.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.21% or 0.82 to hit $36.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.25% or 0.89 to trade at $38.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1110, while EUR/GBP rose 1.12% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.66.