Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 1.33% or 0.238 points to trade at 18.183 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 1.28% or 0.035 points to end at 2.771 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.21% or 0.147 points to 12.312 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 3.30% or 0.152 points to trade at 4.450 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 2.18% or 0.29 points to end at 13.23 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 1.96% or 0.189 points to 9.446.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 101 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.41% or 4.95 to $1213.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.18% or 1.94 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.40% or 2.06 to trade at $48.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0606, while EUR/GBP fell 1.15% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 101.11.