Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.29% or 0.640 points to trade at 28.600 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 0.86% or 0.020 points to end at 2.351 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.83% or 0.045 points to 5.444 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which lost 0.86% or 0.120 points to trade at 13.815 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 0.82% or 1.00 points to end at 121.00 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) shed 0.82% or 0.155 points to 18.795.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.