Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 0.36% or 0.029 points to trade at 8.044 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 0.36% or 0.045 points to end at 12.435 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.24% or 0.025 points to 10.375 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which lost 1.75% or 0.565 points to trade at 31.670 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.57% or 0.370 points to end at 23.220 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) shed 1.36% or 0.690 points to 50.210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.10% or 14.32 to $1312.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.49% or 1.67 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.70 to trade at $51.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.9264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.18.