Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 4.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ), which fell 0.38% or 0.050 points to trade at 12.970 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) fell 1.89% or 0.885 points to end at 46.045 and Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) was down 1.99% or 0.735 points to 36.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which lost 6.93% or 0.327 points to trade at 4.383 in late trade. Banco Santander (MADRID:SAN) declined 6.70% or 0.454 points to end at 6.325 and Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) shed 6.45% or 0.238 points to 3.451.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 200 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.60 to $1177.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.00% or 1.19 to hit $58.44 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.19% or 1.39 to trade at $61.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7093.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.28.