Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which rose 2.09% or 0.117 points to trade at 5.715 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.84% or 0.425 points to end at 23.550 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.73% or 0.290 points to 17.015 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 1.75% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.840 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 1.50% or 0.018 points to end at 1.182 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 0.95% or 0.008 points to 0.836.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 97 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.78% or 9.30 to $1180.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.15% or 1.51 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 1.45 to trade at $47.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.