Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 3.76% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 7.32% or 0.519 points to trade at 7.614 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 5.82% or 0.330 points to end at 6.000 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 5.71% or 0.690 points to 12.765 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which added 0.93% or 0.345 points to trade at 37.475 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.29% or 0.245 points to end at 19.250 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) gained 1.63% or 0.011 points to 0.687.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 17 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.01% or 13.03 to $1276.07 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.30 to trade at $52.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.0852, while EUR/GBP rose 1.46% to 0.8492.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 99.03.