Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.21% or 0.102 points to trade at 4.722 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.33% or 0.425 points to end at 32.305 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.26% or 0.13 points to 10.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.46% or 0.083 points to trade at 5.587 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.25% or 0.140 points to end at 11.055 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 1.22% or 0.145 points to 11.760.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1346.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.30% or 1.00 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.88 to trade at $46.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.63.