Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.71% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 1.22% or 0.820 points to end at 68.200 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.64% or 0.160 points to 25.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 3.54% or 0.940 points to trade at 25.650 in late trade. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 2.33% or 0.198 points to end at 8.316 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 2.04% or 0.102 points to 4.888.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 62 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.50% or 6.50 to $1297.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.78% or 1.21 to hit $66.67 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.88 to trade at $75.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1626, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.37.