Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which rose 2.87% or 1.50 points to trade at 53.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) added 2.46% or 0.03 points to end at 1.25 and Endesa SA (BME:ELE) was up 2.41% or 0.50 points to 21.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 2.86% or 0.25 points to trade at 8.37 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) declined 2.75% or 0.15 points to end at 5.31 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) was down 1.83% or 0.19 points to 10.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 89 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endesa SA (BME:ELE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.41% or 0.50 to 21.24.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 18.21 to $2,662.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.32% or 0.22 to hit $67.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.84% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 106.46.
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