Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 3.53% or 0.620 points to trade at 18.200 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) added 3.40% or 2.260 points to end at 68.680 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 3.05% or 0.67 points to 22.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.17% or 0.140 points to trade at 11.810 in late trade. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.84% or 0.028 points to end at 3.314 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.52% or 0.015 points to 2.897.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 47 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1297.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.19% or 0.78 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.33% or 1.02 to trade at $75.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1686, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.06.