Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 3.28% or 0.470 points to trade at 14.785 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) added 2.93% or 0.360 points to end at 12.640 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 2.80% or 0.620 points to 22.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 1.02% or 0.070 points to trade at 6.770 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.91% or 0.080 points to end at 8.685 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) shed 0.82% or 0.020 points to 2.408.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 7.50 to $1251.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.25% or 2.19 to hit $53.68 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.63% or 2.78 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.732.