Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 1.69% or 0.144 points to trade at 8.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.15% or 0.140 points to end at 12.355 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.12% or 0.410 points to 36.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 1.05% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.944 at the close. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 0.79% or 0.235 points to end at 29.450 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 0.79% or 0.039 points to 4.921.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 98 to 66 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1238.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.