Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 1.59% or 0.124 points to trade at 7.928 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 0.83% or 0.200 points to end at 24.270 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) was up 0.74% or 0.160 points to 21.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 5.94% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.662 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 5.59% or 1.465 points to end at 24.735 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 3.67% or 0.234 points to 6.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1227.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $51.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.28 to trade at $59.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.115.