Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 1.95% or 0.480 points to trade at 25.140 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.84% or 0.240 points to end at 13.285 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.76% or 0.215 points to 12.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 4.33% or 0.510 points to trade at 11.275 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 1.93% or 0.184 points to end at 9.365 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) shed 1.63% or 0.305 points to 18.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 67 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.03 to $1281.97 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $57.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 93.56.