Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 4.44% or 0.032 points to trade at 0.749 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.27% or 0.510 points to end at 23.010 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.97% or 0.760 points to 79.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.63% or 0.225 points to trade at 8.340 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) declined 2.17% or 0.260 points to end at 11.720 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) shed 1.99% or 0.670 points to 32.970.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 74 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.10 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.51 to trade at $66.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.11.