Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 10.25% or 0.622 points to trade at 6.690 at the close. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 3.24% or 1.130 points to end at 36.000 and Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) was up 2.92% or 4.15 points to 146.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 0.89% or 0.250 points to trade at 27.710 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.71% or 0.070 points to end at 9.825 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 0.68% or 0.070 points to 10.270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1600, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.