Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 0.89% or 0.20 points to trade at 22.60 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 0.88% or 0.100 points to end at 11.405 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.87% or 0.600 points to 69.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 2.46% or 0.054 points to trade at 2.141 in late trade. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.61% or 2.55 points to end at 155.35 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 1.34% or 0.340 points to 25.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1238.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.02% or 2.81 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.34% or 3.27 to trade at $72.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.38.