Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 1.86% or 0.360 points to trade at 19.755 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.73% or 2.20 points to end at 129.20 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.79% or 0.510 points to 64.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 7.78% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.771 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 2.79% or 0.033 points to end at 1.149 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 2.38% or 0.020 points to 0.820.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 127 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.81% or 9.60 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.32% or 1.07 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.11% or 1.02 to trade at $49.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.