Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.93% or 0.225 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 1.31% or 0.022 points to end at 1.704 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.19% or 0.135 points to 11.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 2.31% or 0.275 points to trade at 11.640 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 1.66% or 0.110 points to end at 6.532 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was down 1.19% or 0.100 points to 8.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 93 to 85 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1262.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.