Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 1.02%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.02%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 1.16% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonica (BME:TEF) added 0.43% or 0.02 points to end at 4.17 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was up 0.29% or 0.05 points to 17.31 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which fell 4.75% or 1.01 points to trade at 20.25 at the close. Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) declined 4.08% or 0.08 points to end at 1.87 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) was down 3.20% or 0.04 points to 1.18.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 139 to 54 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.16% or 0.03 to 2.19.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 9.00 to $2,518.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.83% or 2.82 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 4.42% or 3.43 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.76.