Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 5.67% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.678 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 4.48% or 0.343 points to end at 7.993 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 4.17% or 0.160 points to 4.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 2.56% or 0.340 points to trade at 12.915 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 0.32% or 0.080 points to end at 25.110 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 0.41% or 0.075 points to 18.275.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 158 to 22 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.90 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $60.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.47.