Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 1.49% or 0.17 points to trade at 11.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Inditex (MC:ITX) added 1.13% or 0.405 points to end at 36.340 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.07% or 0.18 points to 17.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 3.20% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.696 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 2.14% or 0.125 points to end at 5.708 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) was down 2.08% or 0.173 points to 8.156.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 75 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.49% or 0.17 to 11.21. Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.07% or 0.18 to 17.54.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 5.88 to $1259.48 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.43 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.31 to trade at $53.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1233, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.88.