Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 3.53% or 0.620 points to trade at 18.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (MC:ANA) added 3.40% or 2.260 points to end at 68.680 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 3.05% or 0.67 points to 22.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.17% or 0.140 points to trade at 11.810 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.84% or 0.028 points to end at 3.314 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 0.52% or 0.015 points to 2.897.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 135 to 47 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 0.52% or 0.015 to 2.897.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1297.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.19% or 0.78 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.01 to trade at $75.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.06.