Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.27% or 1.175 points to trade at 37.135 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) added 1.63% or 0.210 points to end at 13.115 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 1.44% or 0.044 points to 3.097 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MC:GAM), which lost 2.03% or 0.370 points to trade at 17.865 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) declined 1.73% or 0.091 points to end at 5.173 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 1.68% or 0.17 points to 9.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 78 and 10 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.20 to $1167.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.28% or 1.69 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.13% or 1.70 to trade at $56.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8379.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 100.98.