Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Const. (MC:ACS), which rose 0.30% or 0.080 points to trade at 26.965 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.26% or 0.030 points to end at 11.645 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.21% or 0.055 points to 26.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which lost 3.19% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.548 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 3.19% or 0.175 points to end at 5.311 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 2.52% or 0.029 points to 1.123.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 41 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.48% or 1.55 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 1.46 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.