Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.12% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which rose 3.09% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.15 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) added 2.60% or 0.54 points to end at 21.34 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 2.07% or 0.48 points to 23.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which lost 4.80% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.91 in late trade. Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) declined 4.00% or 0.05 points to end at 1.15 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) shed 3.92% or 0.22 points to 5.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 73 and 29 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 23.40 to $2,671.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.03% or 0.70 to hit $68.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.58 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.22.