Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 1.24% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.11% or 0.210 points to end at 19.180 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.09% or 1.30 points to 120.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 4.94% or 0.252 points to trade at 4.848 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 4.03% or 0.095 points to end at 2.260 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) was down 3.71% or 0.225 points to 5.835.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 121 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.98% or 12.05 to $1242.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.46% or 0.64 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.34 to trade at $44.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.69.