Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.23%

Spain stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which rose 5.36% or 0.55 points to trade at 10.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (BME:IDR) added 4.34% or 2.60 points to end at 62.52 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (BME:ICAG) was up 3.96% or 0.19 points to 4.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Telefonica (BME:TEF), which fell 6.41% or 0.22 points to trade at 3.20 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) declined 3.09% or 0.36 points to end at 11.15 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was down 3.02% or 0.79 points to 25.41.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 128 to 60 and 17 ended unchanged.

Shares in Telefonica (BME:TEF) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.41% or 0.22 to 3.20.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 31.57 to $4,039.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.85% or 0.88 to hit $102.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.33 to trade at $111.37 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.80.