Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 5.26% or 0.376 points to trade at 7.526 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.40% or 0.094 points to end at 2.860 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 2.56% or 0.023 points to 0.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 2.99% or 0.525 points to trade at 17.015 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.43% or 0.515 points to end at 35.555 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 1.23% or 0.205 points to 16.450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 137 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.26% or 0.376 to 7.526. Shares in Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.99% or 0.525 to 17.015. Shares in Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.23% or 0.205 to 16.450.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.66% or 7.75 to $1170.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.52 to trade at $54.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.0745, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.8458.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 100.30.