Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.10% or 0.250 points to trade at 12.185 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 1.01% or 0.215 points to end at 21.530 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.99% or 0.105 points to 10.655 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 2.50% or 0.295 points to trade at 11.480 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 2.23% or 0.23 points to end at 10.30 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) was down 1.39% or 0.064 points to 4.552.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 74 to 69 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.65 to $1313.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.40 to trade at $50.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1212, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.64.