Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which rose 2.51% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.23 at the close. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) added 2.19% or 0.42 points to end at 19.41 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 2.02% or 0.17 points to 8.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which lost 3.20% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.30 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) declined 2.47% or 0.26 points to end at 10.25 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) shed 1.37% or 2.80 points to 201.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 99 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.13% or 29.96 to $2,689.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.85% or 1.24 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.62% or 1.15 to trade at $72.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.68.