Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.97% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 2.37% or 2.50 points to end at 108.05 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 2.30% or 0.046 points to 2.048 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 1.32% or 0.132 points to trade at 9.837 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 1.23% or 0.070 points to end at 5.632 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 0.65% or 0.170 points to 25.970.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 138 to 62 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.23% or 15.50 to $1243.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.38% or 1.30 to hit $37.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.98% or 0.80 to trade at $39.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1094, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.62.