Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 5.67% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.678 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 4.48% or 0.343 points to end at 7.993 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 4.17% or 0.160 points to 4.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.56% or 0.340 points to trade at 12.915 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 0.32% or 0.080 points to end at 25.110 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) gained 0.41% or 0.075 points to 18.275.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 158 to 22 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.84 to $1277.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $60.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.47.