Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.27% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.75% or 0.124 points to trade at 2.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 4.22% or 0.046 points to end at 1.137 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 3.98% or 0.031 points to 0.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 0.89% or 0.295 points to trade at 32.930 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 0.70% or 0.335 points to end at 47.790 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 0.60% or 0.215 points to 35.305.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 140 to 62 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1263.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.08% or 1.06 to hit $49.79 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.09% or 1.08 to trade at $50.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.77.