Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.40% or 0.19 points to trade at 13.76 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 1.01% or 0.060 points to end at 6.007 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 0.90% or 0.046 points to 5.133 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 1.94% or 0.385 points to trade at 19.415 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.71% or 1.270 points to end at 73.030 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 1.15% or 0.270 points to 23.320.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 75 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.05 to $1205.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.48% or 1.29 to hit $53.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.36 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.0685, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 100.98.