Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 2.57%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA), which rose 1.99% or 0.106 points to trade at 5.429 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) added 0.29% or 0.115 points to end at 39.545 and Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) was down 0.01% or 0.003 points to 25.657 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 9.34% or 0.094 points to trade at 0.912 at the close. Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) declined 5.27% or 0.122 points to end at 2.203 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was down 4.68% or 0.291 points to 5.928.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 170 to 40 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.27% or 0.122 to 2.203. Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) fell to all time lows; losing 4.68% or 0.291 to 5.928.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.84% or 20.50 to $1137.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.28% or 1.54 to hit $45.36 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.03% or 0.99 to trade at $48.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7297.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.86.