Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Consumer Goods and Financial Services&Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.25% or 0.320 points to trade at 25.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.23% or 0.140 points to end at 11.540 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) was up 0.73% or 0.062 points to 8.518 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 3.23% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.695 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 2.15% or 0.144 points to end at 6.568 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was down 1.83% or 0.40 points to 21.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 69 and 28 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.00 to $1280.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.03 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1604, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.
