Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.32% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.191 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.06% or 0.014 points to end at 0.693 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.97% or 0.215 points to 11.115 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 1.36% or 0.435 points to trade at 31.625 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 1.00% or 0.16 points to end at 15.82 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 0.99% or 0.200 points to 20.025.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1343.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.92% or 1.22 to hit $43.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.11 to trade at $45.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.37.