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 lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 1.40% or 0.086 points to trade at 6.212 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.26% or 0.620 points to end at 49.650 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.05% or 0.200 points to 19.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 9.61% or 0.078 points to trade at 0.734 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.01% or 0.122 points to end at 3.930 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 1.68% or 0.097 points to 5.678.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 91 to 73 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; down 9.61% or 0.078 to 0.734.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1256.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.19% or 0.62 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.52 to trade at $55.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.0602, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.91.