Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.34% or 0.026 points to trade at 2.000 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.11% or 0.135 points to end at 12.320 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.07% or 0.115 points to 10.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.68% or 0.129 points to trade at 3.377 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 3.25% or 0.145 points to end at 4.335 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 3.01% or 0.042 points to 1.339.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 8.70 to $1196.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 1.22 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.99% or 1.62 to trade at $83.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1616, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.68.