Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.00% or 3.35 points to trade at 170.95 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.70% or 0.120 points to end at 7.178 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.59% or 0.35 points to 22.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 2.54% or 0.640 points to trade at 24.520 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 1.59% or 0.180 points to end at 11.110 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 0.87% or 0.100 points to 11.420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.11% or 1.31 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 1.37 to trade at $68.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2324, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.