Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.32%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Building&Construction, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 2.85% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.85 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 2.53% or 3.00 points to end at 121.70 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was up 1.23% or 0.12 points to 9.53 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which lost 2.49% or 0.52 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) declined 2.44% or 1.95 points to end at 77.95 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) shed 2.36% or 0.88 points to 36.34.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 81 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 6.15 to $2,743.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.60% or 1.81 to hit $71.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.76 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.78.