Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.91% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 10.29% or 0.068 points to trade at 0.733 at the close. Meanwhile, Inditex (MC:ITX) added 1.20% or 0.290 points to end at 24.360 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 0.80% or 0.050 points to 6.302 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 4.84% or 1.120 points to trade at 22.040 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 4.09% or 0.360 points to end at 8.440 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 3.39% or 0.305 points to 8.710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 150 to 21 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.84% or 1.120 to 22.040. Shares in Indra A (MC:IDR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.09% or 0.360 to 8.440. Shares in Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.39% or 0.305 to 8.710.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.10% or 13.40 to $1234.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.50% or 3.11 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.57% or 3.65 to trade at $76.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.62.