Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.23% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MADRID:FCC), which rose 2.68% or 0.197 points to trade at 7.539 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 2.49% or 0.300 points to end at 12.345 and Acciona (MADRID:ANA) was up 0.48% or 0.309 points to 65.019 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 7.14% or 0.076 points to trade at 0.989 in late trade. Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) declined 3.74% or 0.370 points to end at 9.512 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) shed 3.27% or 0.183 points to 5.421.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 154 to 53 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.61% or 6.80 to $1102.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.46% or 1.13 to hit $44.79 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 0.81 to trade at $48.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1330, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.7345.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.26.