Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.28% or 0.435 points to trade at 13.700 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) added 1.42% or 0.920 points to end at 65.800 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.72% or 0.160 points to 22.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.63% or 0.680 points to trade at 25.160 in late trade. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.18% or 0.210 points to end at 9.420 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 2.17% or 0.565 points to 25.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 79 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 6.70 to $1335.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.89% or 1.20 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.97 to trade at $67.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.86.