Spain's equity market finished lower on Tuesday, with the IBEX 35 retreating 0.54% at the Madrid close. Sector moves were uneven: Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services were among the groups that ended the session in the red.
At the session close the benchmark IBEX 35 registered a 0.54% decline.
Top and bottom movers
The leading advancers on the IBEX 35 were Endesa SA (BME:ELE), Acciona (BME:ANA) and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS). Endesa rose 7.09%, gaining 2.27 points to finish at 34.28. Acciona added 3.21%, or 6.30 points, to close at 202.60. ACS climbed 2.26%, or 2.40 points, to 108.60.
On the downside, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) led losses, slipping 3.02% or 0.10 points to end at 3.24. Indra A (BME:IDR) fell 2.87%, a drop of 1.50 points to 50.85. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) declined 2.53%, or 0.28 points, to 10.65.
Market breadth and notable price records
Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Madrid Stock Exchange, with 107 stocks rising versus 81 falling; 18 issues finished unchanged. Several blue-chips reached milestone levels during the session: Endesa and ACS each recorded all-time highs, while Acciona reached a three-year high.
Commodities and currencies
Commodities traded lower in the session. Gold futures for April delivery fell 1.08%, down 56.55 to $5,169.05 a troy ounce. Crude oil for April delivery dropped 0.45% or 0.30 to $66.01 a barrel, while the May Brent contract retreated 0.37% or 0.26 to $70.85 a barrel.
In foreign exchange, the euro held largely steady. EUR/USD was effectively unchanged, moving 0.02% to 1.18, and EUR/GBP was listed as unchanged at 0.87, a 0.27% reading. The US Dollar Index futures inched up 0.06% to 97.70.
Takeaway
The session closed with the IBEX 35 lower, reflecting pockets of weakness in financial, telecom and consumer-service names even as utility and construction stocks produced outsized gains and record-level prints. Market breadth showed more rising than falling issues, underscoring mixed internal market dynamics.