Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.64% or 1.150 points to trade at 71.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.15% or 1.50 points to end at 132.50 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.02% or 0.115 points to 11.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which fell 1.39% or 0.041 points to trade at 2.919 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 1.12% or 0.058 points to end at 5.120 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 1.07% or 0.530 points to 48.960.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 87 to 77 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.81% or 9.45 to $1182.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.87% or 1.55 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.82% or 1.61 to trade at $55.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.0566, while EUR/GBP rose 1.32% to 0.8688.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 101.99.