Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 14.99% or 0.782 points to trade at 6.000 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 2.69% or 0.280 points to end at 10.710 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.07% or 0.090 points to 4.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 7.05% or 2.355 points to trade at 31.030 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 4.59% or 3.490 points to end at 72.610 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 3.48% or 1.900 points to 52.760.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 9.38 to $1269.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.41% or 0.69 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.00 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 93.23.