Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.34% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which fell 1.07% or 0.47 points to trade at 43.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (BME:BKT) fell 1.39% or 0.10 points to end at 7.11 and Banco Santander (BME:SAN) was down 1.58% or 0.06 points to 3.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which fell 6.36% or 1.44 points to trade at 21.20 at the close. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 5.14% or 0.72 points to end at 13.30 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was down 5.05% or 6.10 points to 114.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 188 to 14 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.17% or 29.00 to $2,440.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $73.24 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.19 to trade at $76.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 102.58.