Spain Stocks Close Lower

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.84%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were:
– Mapfre (BME:MAP), which rose 4.99% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.69 at the close.
– Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), added 2.69% or 2.05 points to end at 78.30.
– Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI), was up 0.55% or 0.01 points to 1.09 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Acerinox (BME:ACX), which fell 5.01% or 0.46 points to trade at 8.63 at the close.
– Banco Santander (BME:SAN), declined 3.01% or 0.14 points to end at 4.49.
– Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR), was down 2.90% or 0.09 points to 3.08.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 77, and 33 ended unchanged.

Notable Movements

• Shares in Mapfre (BME:MAP) rose to 5-year highs, rising 4.99% or 0.13 to 2.69.
• Shares in Acerinox (BME:ACX) fell to 52-week lows, losing 5.01% or 0.46 to 8.63.

Commodities & Currency

• Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 27.70 to $2,783.60 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $67.12 a barrel.
• The January Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.33 to trade at $70.67 a barrel.
• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.08; EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.24.