Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 6.27% or 0.475 points to trade at 8.050 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) added 5.96% or 0.335 points to end at 5.956 and B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) was up 3.65% or 0.071 points to 2.015 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which lost 3.62% or 3.80 points to trade at 101.20 in late trade. Ferrovial (MADRID:FER) declined 1.80% or 0.400 points to end at 21.830 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) shed 1.60% or 0.020 points to 1.228.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 68 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.26% or 14.40 to $1158.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $52.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.1378, while EUR/GBP rose 1.10% to 0.7428.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 94.82.