Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Madrid Technology and Telecommunications, Madrid Consumer Goods and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which rose 3.91% or 0.34 points to trade at 9.03 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 1.27% or 1.50 points to end at 119.50 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was up 0.77% or 0.13 points to 17.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (BME:ACX), which fell 1.86% or 0.19 points to trade at 10.04 in late trade. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) declined 1.75% or 0.34 points to end at 19.11 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) down 1.43% or 0.58 points to 40.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 100 to 91 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.18% or 31.76 to $2,717.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.80% or 0.55 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.44 to trade at $72.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 106.18.