Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 5.30% or 0.337 points to trade at 6.691 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 3.42% or 0.405 points to end at 12.250 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 3.13% or 0.081 points to 2.667 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 3.48% or 0.825 points to trade at 22.850 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 3.37% or 4.20 points to end at 120.30 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 3.28% or 0.560 points to 16.525.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 99 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.40 to $1225.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.26% or 0.98 to hit $42.43 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.15% or 0.96 to trade at $43.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.98% to 1.0748, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.93.