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 lost 0.96% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.84% or 0.640 points to trade at 23.160 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.37% or 0.850 points to end at 62.950 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.48% or 0.030 points to 6.344 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 25.00% or 0.220 points to trade at 0.664 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 5.53% or 0.065 points to end at 1.111 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 4.71% or 0.140 points to 2.833.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.14 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1469, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.76.