Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.06% or 0.041 points to trade at 2.003 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.99% or 0.480 points to end at 24.550 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.92% or 0.225 points to 11.945 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 2.36% or 0.600 points to trade at 24.860 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 1.13% or 0.029 points to end at 2.529 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 1.10% or 0.035 points to 3.154.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 73 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1185.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.43% or 0.28 to hit $65.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.