Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.26% or 0.125 points to trade at 5.666 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.27% or 0.445 points to end at 35.350 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 0.59% or 0.014 points to 2.385 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which lost 5.97% or 0.258 points to trade at 4.064 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 3.24% or 0.590 points to end at 17.605 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 3.24% or 0.395 points to 11.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 144 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.55 to $1251.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.65% or 0.83 to hit $49.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 0.96 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1153, while EUR/GBP rose 1.48% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.84.