Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.52% or 0.260 points to trade at 10.590 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) added 2.38% or 1.590 points to end at 68.450 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 1.81% or 0.094 points to 5.274 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 2.29% or 0.089 points to trade at 3.789 in late trade. Repsol (MC:REP) declined 1.79% or 0.215 points to end at 11.765 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 1.56% or 0.011 points to 0.692.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 72 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1328.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.63% or 1.16 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 1.07 to trade at $45.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0983, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8362.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 97.37.