Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (BME:BKT), which rose 1.09% or 0.08 points to trade at 7.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) added 1.04% or 0.48 points to end at 46.44 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was up 1.02% or 0.04 points to 4.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which fell 4.06% or 0.51 points to trade at 12.05 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) declined 3.72% or 4.30 points to end at 111.30 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) was down 2.89% or 1.06 points to 35.56.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 96 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.85% or 19.85 to $2,329.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.14% or 0.89 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.88 to trade at $83.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.08.