Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.27% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.75% or 0.124 points to trade at 2.735 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 4.22% or 0.046 points to end at 1.137 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 3.98% or 0.031 points to 0.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 0.89% or 0.295 points to trade at 32.930 in late trade. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 0.70% or 0.335 points to end at 47.790 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.60% or 0.215 points to 35.305.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 140 to 62 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1263.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.08% or 1.06 to hit $49.79 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.11% or 1.09 to trade at $50.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.77.