Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.37%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Financial Services&Real Estate and Telecoms&IT sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.37% to hit a new 5-year high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (BME:ENAG), which rose 2.18% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.08 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 1.72% or 2.20 points to end at 129.90 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) was up 1.70% or 1.25 points to 74.95 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI), which lost 1.87% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.15 in late trade. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 1.72% or 0.29 points to end at 16.54 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) shed 1.37% or 0.14 points to 10.10.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 93 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.90 to $2,608.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.00 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.92 to trade at $72.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 100.41.