Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.43% or 0.960 points to trade at 68.160 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 0.95% or 0.165 points to end at 17.540 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.87% or 0.068 points to 7.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which lost 2.09% or 0.630 points to trade at 29.570 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 1.41% or 0.041 points to end at 2.858 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 1.39% or 0.165 points to 11.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 73 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1288.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.60 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.29 to trade at $78.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1769, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.62.