Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 1.44% or 0.195 points to trade at 13.765 at the close. Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) added 1.43% or 0.041 points to end at 2.907 and Inditex (MADRID:ITX) was up 1.24% or 0.380 points to 31.115 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MADRID:BKIA), which lost 1.06% or 0.012 points to trade at 1.116 in late trade. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 1.06% or 0.010 points to end at 0.930 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) shed 1.06% or 0.115 points to 10.780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 92 and 2 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.50 to $1118.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.58% or 0.25 to hit $42.86 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $49.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7105.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.80.