Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 5.50% or 0.610 points to trade at 11.710 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.13% or 0.540 points to end at 25.870 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 1.41% or 0.400 points to 28.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 1.65% or 0.34 points to trade at 20.24 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 1.45% or 0.255 points to end at 17.380 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 1.43% or 0.160 points to 11.020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 80 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.51% or 6.90 to $1349.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.54 to trade at $65.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.