Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (BME:BKT), which rose 1.25% or 0.10 points to trade at 8.29 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 0.41% or 0.02 points to end at 5.45 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) was up 0.37% or 0.01 points to 1.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acciona (BME:ANA), which lost 3.19% or 3.70 points to trade at 112.20 in late trade. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 2.60% or 0.51 points to end at 19.14 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) shed 2.23% or 0.05 points to 2.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 57 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.06% or 50.70 to $2,405.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.83% or 1.49 to hit $79.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 1.30 to trade at $83.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.03.