Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.87% or 0.380 points to trade at 13.640 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.81% or 0.095 points to end at 5.350 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.63% or 0.215 points to 13.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which lost 3.25% or 0.680 points to trade at 20.270 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 1.03% or 0.060 points to end at 5.735 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 0.88% or 0.063 points to 7.096.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 62 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.48% or 5.95 to $1233.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.18 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1473, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8786.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.95.