Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 2.61% or 0.202 points to trade at 7.952 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 2.31% or 0.540 points to end at 23.880 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 2.06% or 0.133 points to 6.593 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 1.35% or 0.065 points to trade at 4.745 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.13% or 0.083 points to end at 7.236 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 1.08% or 0.245 points to 22.510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 65 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.30 to $1285.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.28 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.51.