Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 3.18% or 0.73 points to trade at 23.69 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 1.06% or 0.06 points to end at 5.74 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) was up 1.04% or 0.10 points to 9.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (BME:IDR), which lost 3.75% or 0.71 points to trade at 18.21 in late trade. Mapfre (BME:MAP) declined 2.72% or 0.07 points to end at 2.58 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) shed 1.84% or 0.95 points to 50.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 95 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 15.56 to $2,780.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $74.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.01% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 107.04.