By 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 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 2.66% or 0.26 points to trade at 10.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) added 1.75% or 0.55 points to end at 32.01 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was up 1.07% or 0.05 points to 4.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which fell 7.58% or 0.75 points to trade at 9.15 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) declined 5.27% or 0.30 points to end at 5.39 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was down 5.09% or 0.56 points to 10.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 141 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.68% or 17.70 to $2,632.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.18 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.14.
