Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.42% or 0.570 points to trade at 24.120 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 2.18% or 0.146 points to end at 6.832 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.12% or 0.250 points to 12.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 2.12% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.100 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.93% or 0.079 points to end at 4.024 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was down 0.84% or 0.080 points to 9.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 58 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1332.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.45 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.39 to trade at $67.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.2300, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.87.