Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 4.42% or 0.384 points to trade at 9.078 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) added 3.25% or 0.540 points to end at 17.140 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 2.69% or 0.485 points to 18.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which lost 0.26% or 0.050 points to trade at 19.450 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 0.18% or 0.04 points to end at 19.75 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) gained 0.13% or 0.005 points to 3.896.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 148 to 27 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.84% or 11.10 to $1326.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.27% or 0.75 to hit $59.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.54 to trade at $63.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.17.