Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.97% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.850 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 2.37% or 2.50 points to end at 108.05 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 2.30% or 0.046 points to 2.048 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 1.32% or 0.132 points to trade at 9.837 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 1.23% or 0.070 points to end at 5.632 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.65% or 0.170 points to 25.970.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 138 to 62 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.22% or 15.40 to $1244.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.38% or 1.30 to hit $37.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.98% or 0.80 to trade at $39.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1094, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.62.