Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 2.10% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.779 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 1.53% or 0.265 points to end at 17.600 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.44% or 0.145 points to 10.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which lost 1.43% or 0.14 points to trade at 9.70 in late trade. Sacyr (MC:SCYR) declined 1.36% or 0.024 points to end at 1.738 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 1.33% or 0.062 points to 4.613.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 91 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.84% or 23.45 to $1295.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.48 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.56 to trade at $45.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1426, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.7909.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.