Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 3.36% or 2.380 points to trade at 73.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 2.57% or 0.320 points to end at 12.755 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.43% or 0.260 points to 18.475 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 2.57% or 0.194 points to trade at 7.358 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.79% or 0.081 points to end at 4.454 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.10% or 0.290 points to 26.180.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 81 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.20 to $1341.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $70.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.2274, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 90.14.