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 fell 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which rose 2.66% or 2.75 points to trade at 106.15 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 1.38% or 0.104 points to end at 7.630 and Endesa (MADRID:ELE) was up 0.73% or 0.140 points to 19.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which lost 3.04% or 0.425 points to trade at 13.570 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) declined 2.98% or 0.061 points to end at 1.989 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) shed 2.42% or 0.028 points to 1.128.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 76 and 5 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1113.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.88% or 0.37 to hit $42.60 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.36 to trade at $49.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1126, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.7112.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.51.