Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.96%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.96%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 0.95% or 0.55 points to trade at 58.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Repsol (BME:REP) added 0.86% or 0.12 points to end at 14.02 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) was up 0.83% or 0.09 points to 10.89 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which fell 3.49% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.26 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) declined 3.14% or 5.60 points to end at 173.00 and Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) was down 2.65% or 0.10 points to 3.68.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 79 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Repsol (BME:REP) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.86% or 0.12 to 14.02.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.30 to $3,418.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.95% or 1.24 to hit $64.90 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.10 to trade at $68.32 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.17, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 98.01.