Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 4.40% or 1.120 points to trade at 26.560 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 3.67% or 0.070 points to end at 1.990 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 3.32% or 0.890 points to 27.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 1.74% or 0.420 points to trade at 23.680 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 1.50% or 0.400 points to end at 26.220 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 1.43% or 0.140 points to 9.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 6.40 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.52% or 0.36 to hit $68.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.25 to trade at $77.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1690, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.06.