Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 4.83% or 0.103 points to trade at 2.236 at the close. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 4.05% or 1.000 points to end at 25.700 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.85% or 0.072 points to 3.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 0.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 12.070 in late trade. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 0.16% or 0.100 points to end at 62.050 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 0.03% or 0.002 points to 6.496.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 35 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.70 to $1217.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.9061.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.64.