Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which rose 3.65% or 3.31 points to trade at 94.09 at the close. Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) added 1.05% or 0.155 points to end at 14.910 and Ferrovial (MADRID:FER) was up 0.48% or 0.095 points to 19.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 2.75% or 0.081 points to trade at 2.868 in late trade. Iberdrola (MADRID:IBE) declined 2.60% or 0.160 points to end at 5.999 and Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) shed 1.67% or 0.205 points to 12.110.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 53 and 9 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.34% or 3.90 to $1167.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.46% or 1.40 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.73% or 1.70 to trade at $60.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1098, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7127.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 96.23.