Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 0.68% or 0.15 points to trade at 22.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 0.36% or 0.065 points to end at 17.980 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was down 0.14% or 0.100 points to 71.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 4.90% or 1.340 points to trade at 26.000 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 4.51% or 0.374 points to end at 7.914 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 3.51% or 0.430 points to 11.830.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 146 to 34 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1267.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.39 to hit $68.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 1.20 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1694, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.03.