Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 1.43% or 0.125 points to trade at 8.847 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.33% or 0.245 points to end at 18.680 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.13% or 0.12 points to 10.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 3.29% or 0.031 points to trade at 0.911 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.15% or 0.082 points to end at 7.075 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) shed 0.99% or 0.300 points to 30.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 69 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.05 to $1133.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $52.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $54.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0450, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8528.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.