Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.79%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Building & Construction , Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (BME:FER ), which rose 3.54% or 1.32 points to trade at 38.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Fluidra (BME:FLUI ) added 3.48% or 0.84 points to end at 24.96 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG ) was up 2.91% or 0.09 points to 3.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK ), which fell 2.45% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.10 at the close. Amadeus IT (BME:AMA ) declined 1.16% or 0.78 points to end at 66.30 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS ) was down 0.29% or 0.07 points to 23.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 82 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG ) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.91% or 0.09 to 3.04.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.90% or 79.50 to $2,657.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.64% or 1.88 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 1.79 to trade at $72.84 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 107.01.

Source: Investing.com