Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.41% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 1.64% or 0.205 points to trade at 12.695 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.21% or 0.750 points to end at 62.750 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 0.91% or 0.20 points to 22.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which lost 3.76% or 5.55 points to trade at 142.05 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 2.63% or 0.050 points to end at 1.851 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) shed 1.80% or 0.140 points to 7.628.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 72 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.10 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.52 to hit $67.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.31 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1559, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8942.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 95.35.