Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 1.04% or 0.270 points to trade at 26.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 0.97% or 0.125 points to end at 13.030 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 0.40% or 0.075 points to 18.910 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 3.81% or 0.890 points to trade at 22.450 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 3.31% or 0.880 points to end at 25.700 and Repsol (MC:REP) was down 3.02% or 0.430 points to 13.790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 131 to 50 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.20 to $1317.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.16 to trade at $66.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.43.