Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.56% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.34% or 0.027 points to trade at 2.043 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.43% or 0.040 points to end at 9.260 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 0.11% or 0.030 points to 28.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BBVA (MC:BBVA), which lost 5.55% or 0.330 points to trade at 5.617 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 3.89% or 0.056 points to end at 1.384 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 3.08% or 0.123 points to 3.880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 36 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1220.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.86 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.87 to trade at $72.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.1414, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 96.12.