Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 1.14% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.62 at the close. Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) added 0.59% or 1.10 points to end at 186.50 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was up 0.49% or 0.08 points to 16.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which lost 1.37% or 0.06 points to trade at 4.47 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) declined 1.34% or 0.03 points to end at 1.95 and Bankinter (BME:BKT) shed 1.31% or 0.11 points to 7.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 80 and 36 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.20 to $2,421.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.68% or 1.30 to hit $75.86 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 1.23 to trade at $79.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 104.38.