Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the rose 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were Indra A (BME:), which rose 2.93% or 0.53 points to trade at 18.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicaja Banco SA (BME:) added 2.29% or 0.03 points to end at 1.34 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:) was up 2.20% or 0.50 points to 23.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonica (BME:), which fell 2.72% or 0.11 points to trade at 3.86 at the close. Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:) declined 1.60% or 0.26 points to end at 15.98 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:) was down 1.13% or 0.06 points to 5.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 89 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.84% or 23.21 to $2,725.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.07% or 0.83 to hit $76.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.69 to trade at $80.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.01% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.95% at 108.17.
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