Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 1.69% or 0.144 points to trade at 8.690 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.15% or 0.140 points to end at 12.355 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.12% or 0.410 points to 36.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 1.05% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.944 in late trade. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 0.79% or 0.235 points to end at 29.450 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.79% or 0.039 points to 4.921.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 66 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1238.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.