Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.38%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Building&Construction and Telecoms&IT sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.38% to hit a new 5-year high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE), which rose 1.89% or 0.32 points to trade at 17.23 at the close. Enagas (BME:ENAG) added 1.70% or 0.23 points to end at 13.76 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was up 1.59% or 0.57 points to 36.35 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which lost 2.99% or 0.29 points to trade at 9.54 in late trade. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) declined 1.59% or 0.32 points to end at 19.55 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) shed 1.50% or 0.10 points to 6.25.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 78 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 8.85 to $2,655.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.54% or 1.09 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.93 to trade at $72.76 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.57% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.57.