Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.00% or 3.35 points to trade at 170.95 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.70% or 0.120 points to end at 7.178 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.59% or 0.35 points to 22.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.54% or 0.640 points to trade at 24.520 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 1.59% or 0.180 points to end at 11.110 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 0.87% or 0.100 points to 11.420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.13% or 1.32 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.39 to trade at $68.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2325, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.