Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.02% or 0.670 points to trade at 22.890 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 2.54% or 0.146 points to end at 5.900 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was up 2.48% or 1.180 points to 48.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 1.79% or 0.019 points to trade at 1.044 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 1.58% or 0.041 points to end at 2.556 and Repsol (MC:REP) was down 1.33% or 0.200 points to 14.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 70 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.10 to $1279.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $54.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1368, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.985.