Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.10% or 0.061 points to trade at 5.589 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 1.07% or 0.008 points to end at 0.758 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.00% or 0.510 points to 51.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which lost 2.57% or 0.114 points to trade at 4.320 in late trade. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.99% or 0.023 points to end at 1.133 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 1.25% or 0.090 points to 7.115.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1227.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.74% or 0.34 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.43 to trade at $48.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.0926, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 99.01.