Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (BME:BKT), which rose 1.09% or 0.08 points to trade at 7.63 at the close. Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) added 1.04% or 0.48 points to end at 46.44 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was up 1.02% or 0.04 points to 4.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 4.06% or 0.51 points to trade at 12.05 in late trade. Acciona (BME:ANA) declined 3.72% or 4.30 points to end at 111.30 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) shed 2.89% or 1.06 points to 35.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 96 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.84% or 19.80 to $2,329.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.14% or 0.89 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.89 to trade at $83.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.08.