Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.84% or 0.470 points to trade at 12.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.40% or 0.110 points to end at 27.610 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.06% or 0.10 points to 174.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 3.75% or 0.840 points to trade at 21.550 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 2.74% or 0.115 points to end at 4.085 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was down 2.58% or 0.490 points to 18.475.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 152 to 28 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enagas (MC:ENAG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.75% or 0.840 to 21.550.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1338.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.71% or 1.12 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.77 to trade at $68.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.03.