Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 1.72%

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.

Source: Investing.com