Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 5.26% or 0.376 points to trade at 7.526 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.40% or 0.094 points to end at 2.860 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 2.56% or 0.023 points to 0.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 2.99% or 0.525 points to trade at 17.015 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.43% or 0.515 points to end at 35.555 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 1.23% or 0.205 points to 16.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 137 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.67% or 7.85 to $1169.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.51 to trade at $54.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.0744, while EUR/GBP rose 0.89% to 0.8457.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 100.30.