Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.29% or 0.475 points to trade at 37.415 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 0.67% or 0.135 points to end at 20.320 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 0.15% or 0.025 points to 16.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.52% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.958 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.64% or 0.023 points to end at 0.849 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 2.33% or 0.034 points to 1.422.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 63 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.90% or 10.95 to $1231.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.08% or 0.58 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.77 to trade at $56.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.0739, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.02.