Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 1.61% or 0.016 points to trade at 1.010 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 1.45% or 0.15 points to end at 10.51 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was up 1.30% or 0.635 points to 49.490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.29% or 0.095 points to trade at 7.260 in late trade. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.84% or 0.145 points to end at 17.200 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 0.75% or 0.041 points to 5.443.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 63 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.70% or 8.25 to $1173.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $54.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.24 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0541, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 102.14.