Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.37%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Financial Services&Real Estate and Telecoms&IT sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.37% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (BME:ENAG), which rose 2.18% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (BME:ANA) added 1.72% or 2.20 points to end at 129.90 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) was up 1.70% or 1.25 points to 74.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI), which fell 1.87% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.15 at the close. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 1.72% or 0.29 points to end at 16.54 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was down 1.37% or 0.14 points to 10.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 98 to 93 and 27 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 2.15 to $2,608.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.00 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.91 to trade at $72.52 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 100.41.