Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.99% or 1.030 points to trade at 26.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.89% or 0.210 points to end at 11.310 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.67% or 1.160 points to 70.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which fell 2.49% or 0.225 points to trade at 8.815 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.59% or 0.064 points to end at 3.960 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.53% or 0.370 points to 23.750.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 96 to 91 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.26% or 16.80 to $1316.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.89 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.75 to trade at $66.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2234, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 90.30.