Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the added 2.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (), which rose 4.12% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.09 at the close. Banco Santander () added 4.07% or 0.42 points to end at 10.85 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (BME:ICAG) was up 3.74% or 0.17 points to 4.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (), which lost 2.29% or 0.51 points to trade at 21.75 in late trade. Telefonica () declined 0.27% or 0.01 points to end at 4.06 and Puig Brands SA () shed 0.26% or 0.04 points to 15.23.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 155 to 38 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Futures for August delivery was up 1.04% or 47.25 to $4,603.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, for delivery in July fell 5.45% or 5.26 to hit $91.34 a barrel, while the August contract fell 5.18% or 5.19 to trade at $95.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.86.
The Futures was down 0.26% at 98.93.