Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.76% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 4.80% or 1.090 points to trade at 23.820 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) fell 0.20% or 0.040 points to end at 20.160 and Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) was down 0.29% or 0.40 points to 139.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 7.35% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.509 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 5.44% or 0.314 points to end at 5.462 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 4.76% or 0.322 points to 6.448.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 13 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1249.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.86% or 0.98 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.79 to trade at $60.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1375, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.9045.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 97.002.