Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 5.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME: MTS ), which fell 2.86% or 0.65 points to trade at 22.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Puig Brands SA (BME: PUIGb ) fell 3.09% or 0.47 points to end at 14.60 and Acerinox (BME: ACX ) was down 3.45% or 0.32 points to 8.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (BME: CLNX ), which fell 7.47% or 2.53 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. Acciona (BME: ANA ) declined 7.14% or 8.20 points to end at 106.60 and Indra A (BME: IDR ) was down 7.02% or 1.86 points to 24.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 181 to 21 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Puig Brands SA (BME: PUIGb ) fell to all time lows; falling 3.09% or 0.47 to 14.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.29% or 39.19 to $2,996.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.71% or 1.06 to hit $60.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.66% or 1.09 to trade at $64.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.94% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 103.28.