Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 2.75% or 0.108 points to trade at 4.040 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 2.71% or 0.045 points to end at 1.703 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 2.67% or 0.108 points to 4.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 2.55% or 0.630 points to trade at 24.080 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 2.45% or 0.53 points to end at 21.08 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.81% or 0.475 points to 25.755.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 89 to 77 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.70 to $1249.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.32% or 0.75 to hit $57.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.14 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1762, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.91.