Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 2.00% or 0.340 points to trade at 17.370 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.20% or 0.145 points to end at 12.190 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 0.85% or 0.024 points to 2.843 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which lost 1.77% or 0.390 points to trade at 21.650 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.66% or 0.450 points to end at 26.650 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) shed 1.60% or 0.180 points to 11.065.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 95 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.40 to $1299.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1952, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8839.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.