Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.36% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 1.88% or 0.625 points to trade at 33.875 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) added 1.82% or 0.146 points to end at 8.155 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.12% or 0.155 points to 14.010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 5.56% or 0.640 points to trade at 10.880 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 5.18% or 0.315 points to end at 5.765 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was down 4.48% or 0.100 points to 2.132.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 103 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.18% or 0.315 to 5.765.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.77% or 8.30 to $1075.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.85% or 1.94 to hit $38.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.43% or 1.91 to trade at $41.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.0852, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.7201.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 98.62.