Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 1.57% or 0.061 points to trade at 3.938 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.53% or 0.180 points to end at 11.930 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.21% or 0.047 points to 3.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MC:ELE), which lost 1.34% or 0.255 points to trade at 18.785 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.28% or 0.880 points to end at 67.840 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.14% or 0.285 points to 24.720.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 84 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.47 to $1287.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $58.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1931, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.68.