Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 4.38% or 0.321 points to trade at 7.655 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 3.98% or 0.890 points to end at 23.230 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was up 3.45% or 0.170 points to 5.085 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 2.58% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.779 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 0.66% or 0.170 points to end at 25.650 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 0.34% or 0.065 points to 18.910.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 132 to 35 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1228.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.26% or 1.14 to hit $51.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.50 to trade at $60.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1341, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.885.