Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 2.22% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 1.45% or 0.131 points to trade at 9.145 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) added 0.44% or 0.41 points to end at 94.50 and Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) was down 0.15% or 0.010 points to 6.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MADRID:BKIA), which lost 3.73% or 0.042 points to trade at 1.083 in late trade. ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS) declined 3.62% or 1.045 points to end at 27.825 and BBVA (MADRID:BBVA) shed 3.33% or 0.294 points to 8.543.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 179 to 31 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.00 to $1166.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.83% or 1.57 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 2.15 to trade at $58.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.7094.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.27.