Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 10.59% or 2.850 points to trade at 29.750 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 5.76% or 0.570 points to end at 10.460 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 5.39% or 3.740 points to 73.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 9.82% or 0.225 points to trade at 2.067 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 3.72% or 0.460 points to end at 11.890 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 2.99% or 0.043 points to 1.377.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 68 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1226.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $74.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.47.