Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.79% or 1.200 points to trade at 68.130 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 0.84% or 0.065 points to end at 7.810 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.41% or 0.037 points to 8.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 1.65% or 0.490 points to trade at 29.265 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.45% or 0.058 points to end at 3.940 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 1.29% or 0.310 points to 23.625.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 58 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.97% or 12.41 to $1290.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.25% or 1.24 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.23 to trade at $62.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.64.