Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Madrid Consumer Services, Madrid Petrol and Power and Madrid Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which rose 2.51% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.23 at the close. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) added 2.19% or 0.42 points to end at 19.41 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 2.02% or 0.17 points to 8.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which fell 3.20% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.30 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) declined 2.47% or 0.26 points to end at 10.25 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) down 1.37% or 2.80 points to 201.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 101 to 99 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.13% or 29.94 to $2,689.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.85% or 1.24 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.62% or 1.15 to trade at $72.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.68.