Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 3.76% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 7.32% or 0.519 points to trade at 7.614 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 5.82% or 0.330 points to end at 6.000 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 5.71% or 0.690 points to 12.765 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 0.93% or 0.345 points to trade at 37.475 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.29% or 0.245 points to end at 19.250 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 1.63% or 0.011 points to 0.687.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 147 to 17 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in BBVA (MC:BBVA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.32% or 0.519 to 7.614. Shares in Banco Santander (MC:SAN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.82% or 0.330 to 6.000. Shares in Indra A (MC:IDR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.71% or 0.690 to 12.765.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.01% or 13.06 to $1276.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.30 to trade at $52.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.0852, while EUR/GBP rose 1.46% to 0.8492.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 99.03.