Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.80% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 1.10% or 0.11 points to trade at 10.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 0.67% or 0.075 points to end at 11.270 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.30% or 0.110 points to 37.010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 2.63% or 0.035 points to trade at 1.298 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 2.36% or 0.023 points to end at 0.950 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 2.15% or 0.230 points to 10.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.90% or 10.85 to $1215.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.46 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8595.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 100.34.