Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Technology and Telecommunications and Madrid Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which rose 2.87% or 1.50 points to trade at 53.68 at the close. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) added 2.46% or 0.03 points to end at 1.25 and Endesa SA (BME:ELE) was up 2.41% or 0.50 points to 21.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 2.86% or 0.25 points to trade at 8.37 in late trade. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) declined 2.75% or 0.15 points to end at 5.31 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) down 1.83% or 0.19 points to 10.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 110 to 89 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Shares in Endesa SA (BME:ELE) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.41% or 0.50 to 21.24.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 18.35 to $2,662.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.84% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 106.47.