Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.87%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms&IT, Building&Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.87%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 3.15% or 0.70 points to trade at 22.94 at the close. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 2.07% or 1.55 points to end at 76.30 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 1.91% or 0.44 points to 23.52 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which lost 2.39% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.00 in late trade. Repsol (BME:REP) declined 1.34% or 0.16 points to end at 11.81 and Enagas (BME:ENAG) shed 0.52% or 0.07 points to 13.52.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 70 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.35 to $2,754.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 5.70% or 4.09 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.62% or 4.25 to trade at $71.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.13.