Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.50%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX ), which rose 2.51% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb ) added 2.19% or 0.42 points to end at 19.41 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS ) was up 2.02% or 0.17 points to 8.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL ), which fell 3.20% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL ) declined 2.47% or 0.26 points to end at 10.25 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA ) was down 1.37% or 2.80 points to 201.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 99 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.36 to $2,689.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.83% or 1.23 to hit $68.43 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.13 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.68.

Source: Investing.com