Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.29% or 0.640 points to trade at 28.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 0.86% or 0.020 points to end at 2.351 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.83% or 0.045 points to 5.444 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which fell 0.86% or 0.120 points to trade at 13.815 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 0.82% or 1.00 points to end at 121.00 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.82% or 0.155 points to 18.795.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.