Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 7.21% or 1.655 points to trade at 24.600 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.69% or 0.205 points to end at 12.340 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.51% or 0.385 points to 25.895 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 1.17% or 0.066 points to trade at 5.564 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 1.09% or 0.029 points to end at 2.641 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 0.91% or 0.520 points to 56.920.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 84 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 7.04 to $1303.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.74% or 0.88 to hit $51.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 1.01 to trade at $57.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1845, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.80.