Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.36% or 0.620 points to trade at 26.940 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 1.10% or 0.780 points to end at 71.800 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.61% or 0.046 points to 7.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 14.67% or 0.377 points to trade at 2.193 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 3.84% or 0.400 points to end at 10.010 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 2.89% or 0.790 points to 26.530.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 54 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1242.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.64 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.93 to trade at $75.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.