Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.29% or 0.170 points to trade at 13.310 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.85% or 0.240 points to end at 28.560 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 0.77% or 0.130 points to 16.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 2.00% or 0.37 points to trade at 18.12 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.47% or 0.080 points to end at 5.351 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 1.45% or 0.180 points to 12.240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 79 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1297.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $52.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.9222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 92.67.