Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 2.45% or 0.064 points to trade at 2.671 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 1.93% or 0.063 points to end at 3.328 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.50% or 0.058 points to 3.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which lost 3.64% or 0.350 points to trade at 9.270 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.46% or 0.730 points to end at 28.940 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) shed 1.74% or 0.41 points to 23.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 82 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.15% or 1.80 to $1221.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.07% or 1.42 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.81 to trade at $75.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.