Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.45% or 0.490 points to trade at 34.210 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 0.49% or 0.027 points to end at 5.579 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 16.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which lost 2.75% or 5.05 points to trade at 178.65 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.05% or 0.086 points to end at 4.110 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 1.86% or 0.133 points to 7.017.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 58 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.14 to $1268.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.81% or 0.37 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.29 to trade at $48.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.24.