Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 1.77% or 0.335 points to trade at 19.270 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.16% or 0.057 points to end at 4.959 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 0.86% or 0.095 points to 11.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 0.90% or 0.220 points to trade at 24.125 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 0.85% or 0.044 points to end at 5.129 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) shed 0.76% or 0.130 points to 16.995.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 67 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.70 to $1155.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.26 to trade at $56.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.0542, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8544.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 102.25.