Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 6.04% or 0.870 points to trade at 15.285 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.63% or 0.275 points to end at 7.847 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was up 3.59% or 3.60 points to 104.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 30.87% or 0.632 points to trade at 1.415 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 1.75% or 0.265 points to end at 14.875 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was down 1.73% or 0.162 points to 9.227.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 125 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) fell to 52-week lows; down 30.87% or 0.632 to 1.415. Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) rose to all time highs; up 3.59% or 3.60 to 104.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.10 to $1090.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.93% or 1.85 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.74% or 2.48 to trade at $49.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0950, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7026.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 97.59.