Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.29% or 0.475 points to trade at 37.415 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 0.67% or 0.135 points to end at 20.320 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 0.15% or 0.025 points to 16.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 3.52% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.958 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.64% or 0.023 points to end at 0.849 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 2.33% or 0.034 points to 1.422.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 63 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.90% or 10.95 to $1231.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.08% or 0.58 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.77 to trade at $56.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.0739, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.02.