Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.78% or 0.435 points to trade at 11.960 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 3.32% or 0.152 points to end at 4.753 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 3.20% or 0.046 points to 1.484 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which lost 1.10% or 1.80 points to trade at 162.50 in late trade. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.21% or 0.035 points to end at 16.615 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) shed 0.14% or 0.030 points to 20.960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.10 to $1296.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.88% or 0.59 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.79 to trade at $76.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.