Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 0.67% or 0.135 points to trade at 20.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.52% or 0.06 points to end at 11.66 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was up 0.45% or 0.040 points to 8.905 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which fell 3.48% or 0.254 points to trade at 7.046 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) declined 3.47% or 0.400 points to end at 11.125 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was down 3.32% or 2.180 points to 63.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 125 to 59 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 5.05 to $1303.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.76% or 2.02 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.13% or 1.93 to trade at $59.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1439, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.343.