Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 2.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 1.15% or 1.30 points to trade at 114.40 at the close. Meanwhile, FCC (MC:FCC) fell 0.07% or 0.005 points to end at 7.575 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.17% or 0.045 points to 26.205 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which fell 9.20% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.580 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 5.97% or 0.252 points to end at 3.967 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) was down 5.01% or 0.267 points to 5.058.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 182 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.89% or 10.90 to $1230.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.02 to hit $35.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $37.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.58.