Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.12% or 0.905 points to trade at 43.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 1.89% or 0.022 points to end at 1.186 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.80% or 0.280 points to 15.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 4.27% or 0.206 points to trade at 4.615 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 2.49% or 0.160 points to end at 6.277 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was down 2.33% or 0.470 points to 19.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 105 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.49% or 0.160 to 6.277.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.70% or 7.50 to $1068.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.91% or 0.38 to hit $42.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 0.74 to trade at $45.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.0619, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7019.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 99.87.