Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which rose 3.48% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.82 at the close. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) added 3.13% or 1.24 points to end at 40.90 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was up 2.94% or 3.30 points to 115.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (BME:IDR), which lost 2.12% or 0.44 points to trade at 20.32 in late trade. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 0.62% or 0.09 points to end at 14.46 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) gained 0.16% or 0.30 points to 188.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 150 to 56 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 10.60 to $2,341.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.00% or 0.81 to hit $81.54 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.75 to trade at $85.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 105.18.