Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 3.68% or 0.208 points to trade at 5.858 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.86% or 0.66 points to end at 23.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 1.91% or 0.352 points to 18.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 1.89% or 0.155 points to trade at 8.050 in late trade. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) declined 1.09% or 0.240 points to end at 21.840 and Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) shed 0.96% or 1.35 points to 139.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 66 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 3.60 to $1289.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.77% or 1.33 to hit $49.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.17 to trade at $58.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.64% to 1.1466, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 95.297.