Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 1.22% or 0.047 points to trade at 3.910 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.69% or 0.07 points to end at 11.01 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 0.64% or 0.380 points to 60.210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 3.17% or 0.335 points to trade at 10.215 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.45% or 0.570 points to end at 22.730 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) shed 2.36% or 0.182 points to 7.520.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 59 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.07 to $1279.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.28 to trade at $63.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1662, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.44.