Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 2.14% or 0.059 points to trade at 2.813 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 1.68% or 0.108 points to end at 6.539 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 1.35% or 0.245 points to 18.445 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 2.27% or 0.092 points to trade at 3.963 in late trade. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) declined 2.13% or 0.705 points to end at 32.340 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) shed 1.46% or 0.12 points to 7.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 75 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 7.69 to $1294.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.46% or 0.86 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $63.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1907, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.78.