Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 2.88% or 0.085 points to trade at 3.042 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) added 1.32% or 0.135 points to end at 10.390 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) was up 0.94% or 0.071 points to 7.597 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS), which lost 2.48% or 0.775 points to trade at 30.475 in late trade. Repsol (MADRID:REP) declined 1.54% or 0.280 points to end at 17.875 and Telefonica (MADRID:TEF) shed 1.50% or 0.198 points to 12.967.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 90 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1223.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.57% or 0.34 to hit $59.54 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $66.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1418, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.7245.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 93.45.