Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which rose 0.88% or 0.10 points to trade at 11.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) added 0.06% or 0.10 points to end at 181.20 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) was down 0.15% or 0.02 points to 9.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which fell 14.96% or 3.72 points to trade at 21.14 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) declined 3.15% or 0.17 points to end at 5.10 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was down 3.10% or 1.04 points to 32.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 162 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.11% or 2.50 to $2,329.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.44% or 0.34 to hit $78.08 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.43 to trade at $82.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.95.