Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.20% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MC:FCC), which fell 0.05% or 0.004 points to trade at 7.573 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell 0.94% or 0.048 points to end at 5.080 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was down 1.13% or 0.200 points to 17.545 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which lost 6.75% or 0.105 points to trade at 1.451 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 4.23% or 0.061 points to end at 1.382 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 3.82% or 0.181 points to 4.553.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 17 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.90% or 11.45 to $1287.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.61% or 0.30 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.30 to trade at $50.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1280, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7929.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 94.45.