Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.83% or 0.240 points to trade at 8.720 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.67% or 0.370 points to end at 22.500 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.32% or 1.020 points to 78.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which lost 2.33% or 0.205 points to trade at 8.595 in late trade. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) declined 1.61% or 0.360 points to end at 22.040 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 1.33% or 0.066 points to 4.911.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.94% or 23.30 to $1222.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.37 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $66.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.