Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 1.24% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.19 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.11% or 0.210 points to end at 19.180 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.09% or 1.30 points to 120.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 4.94% or 0.252 points to trade at 4.848 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 4.03% or 0.095 points to end at 2.260 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) shed 3.71% or 0.225 points to 5.835.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.98% or 12.05 to $1242.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.46% or 0.64 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.34 to trade at $44.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.7774.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.69.