Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which rose 1.68% or 0.290 points to trade at 17.585 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.26% or 0.240 points to end at 19.300 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.06% or 0.280 points to 26.645 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 3.88% or 0.157 points to trade at 3.889 at the close. Sacyr (MC:SCYR) declined 2.27% or 0.042 points to end at 1.806 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 2.18% or 0.580 points to 26.070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.81% or 10.20 to $1244.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.61% or 0.25 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.14 to trade at $41.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7814.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.