Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 10.25% or 0.622 points to trade at 6.690 at the close. Meanwhile, ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 3.24% or 1.130 points to end at 36.000 and Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) was up 2.92% or 4.15 points to 146.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 0.89% or 0.250 points to trade at 27.710 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.71% or 0.070 points to end at 9.825 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 0.68% or 0.070 points to 10.270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 118 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.68% or 0.070 to 10.270.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1201.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1601, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.