Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.13% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MC:FCC), which rose 0.07% or 0.005 points to trade at 7.578 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell 0.20% or 0.010 points to end at 5.070 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 0.71% or 0.06 points to 8.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 6.22% or 0.086 points to trade at 1.296 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 5.28% or 0.224 points to end at 4.019 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 5.13% or 0.037 points to 0.684.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 24 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.17% or 2.25 to $1284.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.10% or 0.54 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.71 to trade at $49.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.1205, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.7925.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 95.02.