Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.85% or 0.315 points to trade at 11.375 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.23% or 0.300 points to end at 24.730 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.19% or 2.00 points to 170.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which fell 2.40% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.073 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 2.33% or 0.200 points to end at 8.394 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 1.35% or 0.155 points to 11.290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 90 to 86 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1243.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.02 to trade at $63.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.09.