Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 6.04% or 0.870 points to trade at 15.285 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.63% or 0.275 points to end at 7.847 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was up 3.59% or 3.60 points to 104.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 30.87% or 0.632 points to trade at 1.415 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 1.75% or 0.265 points to end at 14.875 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) shed 1.73% or 0.162 points to 9.227.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.20 to $1089.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.86% or 1.82 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.70% or 2.46 to trade at $49.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0950, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.7027.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 97.59.