Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN), which rose 1.23% or 0.155 points to trade at 12.800 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.97% or 0.068 points to end at 7.098 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 0.50% or 0.012 points to 2.393 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA (MC:DIDA), which lost 10.64% or 0.053 points to trade at 0.447 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 3.87% or 0.950 points to end at 23.600 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 3.62% or 0.250 points to 6.662.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 48 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 7.50 to $1248.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.71% or 0.88 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.47 to trade at $59.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.578.