Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Viscofan (MC:VIS), which rose 3.37% or 1.700 points to trade at 52.150 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 2.99% or 0.033 points to end at 1.137 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 2.48% or 0.144 points to 5.942 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 13.39% or 0.107 points to trade at 0.692 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) declined 3.62% or 0.364 points to end at 9.686 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was down 2.84% or 0.146 points to 4.987.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 96 to 77 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.61% or 7.50 to $1225.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.09% or 0.73 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.60% or 1.24 to trade at $76.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1365, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.62.