Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 5.21% or 0.530 points to trade at 10.695 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 4.41% or 0.439 points to end at 10.405 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 2.88% or 0.943 points to 33.693 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.64% or 0.044 points to trade at 1.164 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.26% or 0.121 points to end at 3.589 and FCC (MC:FCC) shed 2.04% or 0.141 points to 6.771.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 72 and 6 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.32% or 3.70 to $1162.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.55 to hit $44.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $48.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.89% to 1.1006, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.7174.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 97.18.