Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.61%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building&Construction sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.61%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which rose 1.91% or 0.12 points to trade at 6.14 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) added 1.55% or 0.55 points to end at 35.94 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 1.49% or 0.32 points to 21.84 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which lost 7.05% or 5.80 points to trade at 76.45 in late trade. Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) declined 3.24% or 0.10 points to end at 3.10 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) shed 2.88% or 0.60 points to 20.20.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 86 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 7.30 to $2,540.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.34% or 2.98 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.77% or 2.71 to trade at $69.13 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.