Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Const. (MC:ACS), which rose 0.30% or 0.080 points to trade at 26.965 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.26% or 0.030 points to end at 11.645 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.21% or 0.055 points to 26.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which fell 3.19% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.548 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 3.19% or 0.175 points to end at 5.311 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 2.52% or 0.029 points to 1.123.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 161 to 41 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.48% or 1.55 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 1.46 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.