Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 1.43% or 0.170 points to trade at 12.090 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.98% or 0.115 points to end at 11.875 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.90% or 0.105 points to 11.715 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which lost 1.50% or 0.071 points to trade at 4.651 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 0.91% or 0.295 points to end at 32.010 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) shed 0.78% or 0.12 points to 15.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1347.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.47% or 1.10 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.15 to trade at $48.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8691.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.54.