Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MC:FCC), which rose 4.59% or 0.334 points to trade at 7.613 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 4.13% or 0.141 points to end at 3.558 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 4.07% or 0.140 points to 3.581 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 4.17% or 1.433 points to trade at 32.917 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.72% or 1.090 points to end at 38.990 and Abengoa B (MC:ABGek) was down 2.09% or 0.021 points to 0.985.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 89 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.49% or 16.40 to $1087.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.70% or 0.77 to hit $44.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.55 to trade at $47.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.40% to 1.0731, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.7136.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.29% at 99.36.