Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which rose 1.85% or 1.020 points to trade at 56.070 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.53% or 0.185 points to end at 12.260 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 1.42% or 0.056 points to 4.003 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 1.90% or 0.032 points to trade at 1.657 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.88% or 1.280 points to end at 67.000 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.56% or 0.410 points to 25.885.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 80 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.49 to $1275.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.97% or 1.51 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.61% or 1.49 to trade at $55.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1726, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.8986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.71.