Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.33%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms&IT sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.33%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (BME:BKT), which rose 2.47% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.89 at the close. Repsol (BME:REP) added 2.23% or 0.26 points to end at 11.94 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was up 1.83% or 0.08 points to 4.29 in late trade.

Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 2.65% or 0.27 points to trade at 9.91 in late trade. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) declined 2.07% or 0.23 points to end at 10.90 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) shed 1.15% or 0.22 points to 18.89.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 95 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.68% or 43.25 to $2,613.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.85% or 1.91 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.76% or 1.96 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 106.24.