Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 0.51% or 0.070 points to trade at 13.710 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) added 0.33% or 0.065 points to end at 19.935 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was up 0.33% or 0.025 points to 7.683 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 3.01% or 0.730 points to trade at 23.535 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.46% or 0.106 points to end at 4.210 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 2.40% or 0.830 points to 33.720.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.61% or 7.54 to $1241.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.59% or 0.27 to hit $46.29 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.32 to trade at $48.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.8864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 94.40.