Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS), which rose 1.78% or 0.560 points to trade at 31.935 at the close. Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) added 1.75% or 0.350 points to end at 20.350 and Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) was up 1.33% or 0.345 points to 26.210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 7.76% or 0.092 points to trade at 1.094 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) declined 2.97% or 1.375 points to end at 44.870 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) shed 2.11% or 0.148 points to 6.852.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 143 to 60 and 10 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.34% or 3.70 to $1093.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.94% or 0.42 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.51 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0971, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.64.