Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 1.44% or 0.195 points to trade at 13.765 at the close. Meanwhile, Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) added 1.43% or 0.041 points to end at 2.907 and Inditex (MADRID:ITX) was up 1.24% or 0.380 points to 31.115 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MADRID:BKIA), which fell 1.06% or 0.012 points to trade at 1.116 at the close. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 1.06% or 0.010 points to end at 0.930 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) was down 1.06% or 0.115 points to 10.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 92 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) fell to all time lows; losing 1.06% or 0.010 to 0.930.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.50% or 5.60 to $1118.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.23 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $49.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1079, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7105.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.80.