Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 3.33% or 0.108 points to trade at 3.350 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) added 2.77% or 0.450 points to end at 16.700 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 2.55% or 0.55 points to 22.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 3.15% or 1.000 points to trade at 30.740 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 1.13% or 0.205 points to end at 17.960 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.94% or 0.025 points to 2.646.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1271.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.56% or 2.99 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.82 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1649, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.28.