Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 2.13% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.882 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 1.42% or 0.057 points to end at 4.060 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 1.41% or 0.025 points to 1.766 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.72% or 0.210 points to trade at 12.010 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 1.53% or 0.170 points to end at 10.950 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) shed 1.40% or 0.290 points to 20.380.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 71 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.96% or 12.90 to $1325.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $74.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.2214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 90.64.