Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Madrid Consumer Services, Madrid Consumer Goods and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which rose 1.79% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.68 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) added 1.72% or 0.19 points to end at 11.25 and Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) was up 1.39% or 0.04 points to 3.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 2.05% or 0.20 points to trade at 9.58 in late trade. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 1.19% or 0.44 points to end at 36.68 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) down 1.04% or 0.02 points to 2.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 108 to 91 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Shares in Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 1.72% or 0.19 to 11.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 4.30 to $2,550.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.87% or 2.15 to hit $76.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.30% or 1.80 to trade at $79.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.75.