Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which rose 1.99% or 0.395 points to trade at 20.240 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.52% or 0.135 points to end at 9.035 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.51% or 0.094 points to 6.334 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 4.80% or 0.044 points to trade at 0.865 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 4.54% or 0.139 points to end at 2.920 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) shed 3.62% or 0.475 points to 12.655.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 76 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1318.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.74% or 0.96 to hit $54.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $62.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1436, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 95.558.