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 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the were Acciona (BME:), which rose 3.03% or 3.60 points to trade at 122.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:) added 2.72% or 0.05 points to end at 1.91 and Grifols SA (BME:) was up 2.57% or 0.22 points to 8.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (BME:), which fell 0.36% or 0.06 points to trade at 16.46 at the close. Enagas (BME:) added 0.29% or 0.04 points to end at 13.66 and Repsol (BME:) was up 0.39% or 0.05 points to 12.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 151 to 43 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 6.15 to $2,543.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.85% or 1.40 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.87% or 1.49 to trade at $78.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 101.79.
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