Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.46% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA (MC:DIDA), which rose 5.49% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.382 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.62% or 0.136 points to end at 8.550 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.35% or 0.800 points to 59.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.60% or 0.095 points to trade at 2.541 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.24% or 0.106 points to end at 3.170 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) shed 2.68% or 0.300 points to 10.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 69 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.30 to $1260.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.35 to trade at $54.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1390, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 96.303.