Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which rose 1.83% or 0.21 points to trade at 11.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) added 1.29% or 0.30 points to end at 23.52 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was up 1.04% or 0.38 points to 36.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which fell 6.52% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.78 at the close. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) declined 6.29% or 0.07 points to end at 1.07 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) was down 5.37% or 0.29 points to 5.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 134 to 61 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.02% or 27.10 to $2,686.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.09% or 2.79 to hit $70.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.79% or 2.72 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 100.98.