Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 3.16% or 0.63 points to trade at 20.58 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 2.09% or 0.23 points to end at 11.24 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 2.06% or 0.355 points to 17.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 1.32% or 0.150 points to trade at 11.180 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 0.32% or 0.040 points to end at 12.430 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 0.18% or 0.020 points to 10.880.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1356.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.70% or 0.43 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.70 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2440, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 88.85.