Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.07% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which rose 1.95% or 0.19 points to trade at 9.69 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) added 1.23% or 0.26 points to end at 21.38 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was up 1.21% or 0.11 points to 9.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acciona (BME:ANA), which lost 1.87% or 2.10 points to trade at 110.30 in late trade. Endesa SA (BME:ELE) declined 1.49% or 0.26 points to end at 17.53 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) shed 1.38% or 0.11 points to 7.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 101 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 4.15 to $2,340.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $81.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.14 to trade at $85.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.54.