Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 4.83% or 0.103 points to trade at 2.236 at the close. Meanwhile, Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 4.05% or 1.000 points to end at 25.700 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.85% or 0.072 points to 3.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 0.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 12.070 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 0.16% or 0.100 points to end at 62.050 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 0.03% or 0.002 points to 6.496.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 129 to 35 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.70 to $1217.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $76.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.9061.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.64.