Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 3.91% or 0.041 points to trade at 1.089 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 1.15% or 0.120 points to end at 10.580 and Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) was up 0.87% or 0.064 points to 7.439 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which fell 4.30% or 0.311 points to trade at 6.929 at the close. Repsol (MADRID:REP) declined 3.71% or 0.490 points to end at 12.720 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) was down 3.21% or 0.460 points to 13.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 85 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.20 to $1132.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.84% or 2.19 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.99% or 2.00 to trade at $52.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1211, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.7306.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.03.