Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which rose 2.06% or 2.05 points to trade at 101.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) added 1.98% or 0.024 points to end at 1.238 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) was up 1.51% or 0.270 points to 18.195 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which fell 3.84% or 0.430 points to trade at 10.760 at the close. Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) declined 3.15% or 0.515 points to end at 15.815 and Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) was down 2.92% or 0.233 points to 7.733.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 158 to 52 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.06% or 2.05 to 101.55.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.91% or 9.90 to $1095.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.20% or 0.58 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 0.91 to trade at $53.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.17% to 1.1113, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 96.50.