Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.12% or 0.265 points to trade at 12.785 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 1.34% or 0.087 points to end at 6.572 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 1.22% or 0.270 points to 22.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 4.66% or 0.372 points to trade at 7.604 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.80% or 0.178 points to end at 6.183 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 2.69% or 0.355 points to 12.865.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 62 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.37 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.