Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 19.57% or 0.135 points to trade at 0.822 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (MC:ANA) added 2.26% or 1.720 points to end at 77.980 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.80% or 0.051 points to 2.883 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 2.19% or 0.520 points to trade at 23.220 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 2.04% or 0.190 points to end at 9.120 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 1.67% or 0.150 points to 8.815.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1231.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.44 to trade at $73.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.22.