Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 3.01% or 0.093 points to trade at 3.183 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 2.74% or 0.310 points to end at 11.610 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 2.71% or 0.485 points to 18.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 1.42% or 0.295 points to trade at 20.450 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.25% or 0.170 points to end at 13.410 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 0.69% or 0.140 points to 20.210.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 56 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.54% or 6.83 to $1249.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.80% or 0.36 to hit $44.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.34 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.