Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.28% or 0.216 points to trade at 6.804 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 2.90% or 0.172 points to end at 6.100 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.70% or 0.18 points to 11.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.65% or 0.610 points to trade at 22.420 in late trade. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 2.23% or 0.156 points to end at 6.844 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 1.44% or 0.038 points to 2.595.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 86 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.71% or 0.90 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.72% or 1.06 to trade at $60.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1480, while EUR/GBP fell 0.97% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.157.