Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.76%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms&IT and Financial Services&Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.76%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Iberdrola (BME:IBE), which rose 1.49% or 0.21 points to trade at 13.92 at the close. Repsol (BME:REP) added 0.77% or 0.09 points to end at 11.85 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 0.74% or 0.08 points to 10.23 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Amadeus IT (BME:AMA), which lost 3.25% or 2.18 points to trade at 64.92 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) declined 2.83% or 0.07 points to end at 2.47 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) shed 2.29% or 0.23 points to 9.71.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 64 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.75 to $2,656.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.07% or 0.73 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.76 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.37.