Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (BME:MAP), which rose 4.99% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 2.69% or 2.05 points to end at 78.30 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) was up 0.55% or 0.01 points to 1.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which fell 5.01% or 0.46 points to trade at 8.63 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) declined 3.01% or 0.14 points to end at 4.49 and Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) was down 2.90% or 0.09 points to 3.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 77 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mapfre (BME:MAP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.99% or 0.13 to 2.69. Shares in Acerinox (BME:ACX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.01% or 0.46 to 8.63.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 27.70 to $2,783.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $67.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.33 to trade at $70.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.24.