Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 2.98% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 2.60% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.749 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) fell 0.53% or 0.028 points to end at 5.264 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was down 1.01% or 0.130 points to 12.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 4.34% or 0.322 points to trade at 7.092 in late trade. Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) declined 4.25% or 1.635 points to end at 36.805 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) shed 3.87% or 0.297 points to 7.370.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 179 to 27 and 6 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.00 to $1159.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.66% or 1.10 to hit $40.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.50% or 1.17 to trade at $45.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.10% to 1.1364, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.7239.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.87% at 94.94.