Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.71% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME), which rose 0.35% or 0.130 points to trade at 37.135 at the close. Meanwhile, Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) fell 0.04% or 0.005 points to end at 12.970 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was down 0.52% or 0.235 points to 45.015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which fell 4.51% or 0.163 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Banco Popular (MADRID:POP) declined 3.12% or 0.144 points to end at 4.464 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was down 2.68% or 0.360 points to 13.095.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 179 to 33 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.73% or 8.60 to $1187.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.66% or 0.40 to hit $60.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.57 to trade at $64.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7241.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.17.