Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.64% or 1.150 points to trade at 71.200 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.15% or 1.50 points to end at 132.50 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.02% or 0.115 points to 11.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MC:MAP), which lost 1.39% or 0.041 points to trade at 2.919 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 1.12% or 0.058 points to end at 5.120 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) shed 1.07% or 0.530 points to 48.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 77 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.81% or 9.45 to $1182.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.87% or 1.55 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.84% or 1.62 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0565, while EUR/GBP rose 1.33% to 0.8689.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 102.00.