Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 1.57% or 0.117 points to trade at 7.561 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 1.49% or 0.320 points to end at 21.800 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.49% or 0.140 points to 9.553 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 0.65% or 0.044 points to trade at 6.740 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 0.46% or 0.023 points to end at 4.935 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.37% or 0.100 points to 26.745.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.52 to $1287.18 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $51.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.46 to trade at $56.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1806, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.01.