Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.74% or 0.090 points to trade at 12.240 at the close. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 0.17% or 0.055 points to end at 31.980 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 11.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 2.78% or 0.052 points to trade at 1.816 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.70% or 0.182 points to end at 6.563 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 1.30% or 0.057 points to 4.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 33 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 8.27 to $1338.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.32 to trade at $52.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1914, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.49.