Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.74% or 0.150 points to trade at 8.765 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.50% or 0.102 points to end at 6.912 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.92% or 0.165 points to 18.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 2.51% or 0.540 points to trade at 20.940 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.49% or 2.020 points to end at 79.000 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) shed 2.15% or 1.060 points to 48.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 60 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.31% or 3.85 to $1243.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.66% or 1.40 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 1.20 to trade at $60.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1304, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.453.