Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 3.36% or 2.380 points to trade at 73.200 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 2.57% or 0.320 points to end at 12.755 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.43% or 0.260 points to 18.475 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 2.57% or 0.194 points to trade at 7.358 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.79% or 0.081 points to end at 4.454 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.10% or 0.290 points to 26.180.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 81 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.10 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $70.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.2274, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 90.14.