Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.19%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 3.01% or 0.730 points to trade at 23.535 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.46% or 0.106 points to end at 4.210 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 2.40% or 0.830 points to 33.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indra A (MC:IDR) rose to 3-years highs; up 0.51% or 0.070 to 13.710. Shares in Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.33% or 0.025 to 7.683.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.61% or 7.54 to $1241.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $48.73 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.