Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 2.50% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.49 at the close. Endesa SA (BME:ELE) added 2.06% or 0.39 points to end at 19.33 and Mapfre (BME:MAP) was up 1.95% or 0.05 points to 2.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 3.31% or 0.39 points to trade at 11.41 in late trade. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) declined 1.60% or 0.32 points to end at 19.36 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) shed 0.90% or 0.10 points to 10.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 82 and 31 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 13.20 to $2,663.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.44% or 1.84 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.80 to trade at $77.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 103.04.