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 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:), which rose 3.15% or 0.70 points to trade at 22.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:) added 2.07% or 1.55 points to end at 76.30 and Fluidra (BME:) was up 1.91% or 0.44 points to 23.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:), which fell 2.39% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Repsol (BME:) declined 1.34% or 0.16 points to end at 11.81 and Enagas (BME:) was down 0.52% or 0.07 points to 13.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 70 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.80 to $2,753.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 5.70% or 4.09 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.63% or 4.26 to trade at $71.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.14.
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