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

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

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which fell 7.05% or 5.80 points to trade at 76.45 at the close. Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) declined 3.24% or 0.10 points to end at 3.10 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was down 2.88% or 0.60 points to 20.20.

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

Shares in Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) fell to all time lows; losing 2.88% or 0.60 to 20.20.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 7.20 to $2,539.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.35% or 2.99 to hit $65.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.80% or 2.73 to trade at $69.11 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.