Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 2.26% or 0.055 points to trade at 2.490 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.24% or 0.016 points to end at 0.730 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.90% or 0.30 points to 16.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telefonica (MC:TEF), which lost 4.04% or 0.380 points to trade at 9.015 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.11% or 0.117 points to end at 5.438 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) shed 1.32% or 0.285 points to 21.315.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 87 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.95 to $1321.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.59% or 0.28 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $50.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.33.