Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 0.36% or 0.029 points to trade at 8.044 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 0.36% or 0.045 points to end at 12.435 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.24% or 0.025 points to 10.375 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which fell 1.75% or 0.565 points to trade at 31.670 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.57% or 0.370 points to end at 23.220 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 1.36% or 0.690 points to 50.210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 120 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.10% or 14.25 to $1312.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.49% or 1.67 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.70 to trade at $51.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.9264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.18.