Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which rose 7.31% or 0.497 points to trade at 7.294 at the close. Meanwhile, Sacyr (MC:SCYR) added 3.84% or 0.085 points to end at 2.284 and Abengoa B (MC:ABGek) was up 3.04% or 0.026 points to 0.882 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which fell 3.84% or 0.311 points to trade at 7.809 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) declined 2.96% or 1.185 points to end at 38.790 and Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) was down 2.11% or 0.176 points to 8.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 105 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.70 to $1141.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.48% or 0.68 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 0.91 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1022, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.7132.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 96.87.