Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 1.14% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) added 0.59% or 1.10 points to end at 186.50 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was up 0.49% or 0.08 points to 16.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which fell 1.37% or 0.06 points to trade at 4.47 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) declined 1.34% or 0.03 points to end at 1.95 and Bankinter (BME:BKT) was down 1.31% or 0.11 points to 7.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 80 and 36 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.30 to $2,421.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.71% or 1.32 to hit $75.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.57% or 1.26 to trade at $79.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 104.38.