Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 3.77% or 3.20 points to trade at 88.00 at the close. Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 2.78% or 0.05 points to end at 2.00 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 2.35% or 0.45 points to 19.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which lost 3.50% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.95 in late trade. Melia Hotels (BME:MEL) declined 2.91% or 0.21 points to end at 7.00 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) shed 2.05% or 3.90 points to 186.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 96 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.37% or 8.85 to $2,390.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.42 to hit $78.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.44 to trade at $82.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.10.