Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MADRID:BKT), which rose 3.18% or 0.218 points to trade at 7.070 at the close. Abertis Infr (MADRID:ABE) added 2.09% or 0.315 points to end at 15.380 and Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) was up 1.94% or 0.079 points to 4.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which lost 1.99% or 0.295 points to trade at 14.550 in late trade. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 0.46% or 0.005 points to end at 1.089 and Indra A (MADRID:IDR) shed 0.33% or 0.035 points to 10.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 56 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.08% or 11.80 to $1105.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.82% or 0.80 to hit $44.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.69% or 1.32 to trade at $50.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1001, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.7057.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 97.33.