Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.34%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.34%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA ), which rose 4.57% or 0.43 points to trade at 9.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE ) added 4.13% or 0.08 points to end at 1.94 and Banco Santander (BME:SAN ) was up 3.44% or 0.15 points to 4.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ), which fell 5.01% or 0.43 points to trade at 8.06 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE ) declined 1.50% or 0.29 points to end at 19.00 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY ) was down 1.33% or 0.32 points to 23.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 75 and 21 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.14% or 3.74 to $2,650.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $74.07 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $76.68 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 108.14.

Source: Investing.com