Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 18.47% or 2.630 points to trade at 16.870 at the close. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) added 4.20% or 0.120 points to end at 2.980 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 2.58% or 1.140 points to 45.395 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME), which lost 2.17% or 0.805 points to trade at 36.330 in late trade. Acciona (MADRID:ANA) declined 0.83% or 0.555 points to end at 66.115 and Repsol (MADRID:REP) shed 0.45% or 0.072 points to 16.172.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 80 and 2 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.09% or 1.27 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.56% or 1.65 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1338, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.39.