Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which rose 2.76% or 0.56 points to trade at 20.82 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 2.40% or 0.13 points to end at 5.54 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was up 2.11% or 0.19 points to 9.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which lost 1.61% or 0.88 points to trade at 53.70 in late trade. Telefonica (BME:TEF) declined 1.45% or 0.07 points to end at 4.43 and Iberdrola (BME:IBE) shed 0.68% or 0.10 points to 13.98.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 83 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 25.55 to $2,733.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.81% or 1.28 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.29 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.39.