Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 3.52% or 0.142 points to trade at 4.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.31% or 0.135 points to end at 4.210 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 3.06% or 0.580 points to 19.550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which fell 3.87% or 0.785 points to trade at 19.510 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 2.51% or 0.665 points to end at 25.830 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 2.47% or 0.178 points to 7.028.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.03 to $1247.43 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.94% or 0.84 to hit $44.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 0.91 to trade at $46.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.18% to 1.1313, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 96.34.