Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction, Madrid Consumer Services and Madrid Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 2.85% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.85 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 2.53% or 3.00 points to end at 121.70 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was up 1.23% or 0.12 points to 9.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which fell 2.49% or 0.52 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) declined 2.44% or 1.95 points to end at 77.95 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) down 2.36% or 0.88 points to 36.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 112 to 81 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Shares in Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) rose to all time highs; up 2.85% or 0.16 to 5.85.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 6.10 to $2,743.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.60% or 1.81 to hit $71.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.42% or 1.77 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.79.