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 declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 0.55% or 0.70 points to trade at 127.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 0.26% or 0.04 points to end at 15.52 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 0.14% or 0.001 points to 0.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 2.74% or 0.157 points to trade at 5.564 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.99% or 0.230 points to end at 11.345 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.96% or 0.023 points to 1.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 140 to 48 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1326.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.81% or 0.86 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 0.85 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8546.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.66.