Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 19.57% or 0.135 points to trade at 0.822 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) added 2.26% or 1.720 points to end at 77.980 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.80% or 0.051 points to 2.883 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 2.19% or 0.520 points to trade at 23.220 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 2.04% or 0.190 points to end at 9.120 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.67% or 0.150 points to 8.815.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1231.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $63.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.22.