Spain Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, driven down by losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT, and Building & Construction sectors.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.52%.

Best Performers

• Grifols SA (BME:GRLS): rose 0.80% or 0.08 points to trade at 9.79.
• International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG): added 0.53% or 0.02 points to end at 3.60.
• Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE): increased 0.30% or 0.05 points to 16.57.

Worst Performers

• Banco Santander (BME:SAN): fell 4.53% or 0.21 points to trade at 4.46.
• Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI): decreased 3.38% or 0.04 points to end at 1.23.
• Indra A (BME:IDR): down 2.98% or 0.51 points to 16.61.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 137 to 51, with 28 ending unchanged.

Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) hit a 3-year high, gaining 0.53% or 0.02 to 3.60.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures (February delivery): down 0.52% or 13.94 to $2,656.06 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil (January delivery): fell 2.06% or 1.46 to hit $69.25 a barrel.
• Brent Oil (February contract): decreased 1.41% or 1.04 to trade at $72.87 a barrel.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD: unchanged at 1.05.
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83.
• US Dollar Index Futures: down 0.07% at 106.48.