Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.42% or 0.570 points to trade at 24.120 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.18% or 0.146 points to end at 6.832 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.12% or 0.250 points to 12.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.12% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.100 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.93% or 0.079 points to end at 4.024 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 0.84% or 0.080 points to 9.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 58 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1332.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.76% or 0.48 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.40 to trade at $67.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.2300, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.87.