Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 2.51% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 2.39% or 0.04 points to end at 1.84 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 2.36% or 0.54 points to 23.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (BME:FER), which lost 4.45% or 1.70 points to trade at 36.54 in late trade. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) declined 1.94% or 0.24 points to end at 12.16 and Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) shed 1.27% or 0.26 points to 20.26.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 64 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.80 to $2,671.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.59% or 1.17 to hit $74.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.07 to trade at $78.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 102.38.