Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.32% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.191 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.06% or 0.014 points to end at 0.693 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.97% or 0.215 points to 11.115 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 1.36% or 0.435 points to trade at 31.625 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 1.00% or 0.16 points to end at 15.82 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 0.99% or 0.200 points to 20.025.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1343.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.92% or 1.22 to hit $43.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.11 to trade at $45.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.37.