Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 3.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 12.79% or 0.303 points to trade at 2.672 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 11.51% or 0.486 points to end at 4.710 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 11.39% or 0.095 points to 0.929 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 0.24% or 0.070 points to trade at 29.610 in late trade. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) declined 0.16% or 0.060 points to end at 36.855 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 0.05% or 0.010 points to 19.755.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 170 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.03% or 13.10 to $1259.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.40% or 0.91 to hit $38.75 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.39 to trade at $40.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP fell 1.07% to 0.7743.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.15.