Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 0.98% or 0.12 points to trade at 12.40 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.96% or 0.250 points to end at 26.200 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 0.86% or 0.190 points to 22.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 3.39% or 0.057 points to trade at 1.623 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 2.73% or 0.146 points to end at 5.206 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 2.60% or 0.083 points to 3.106.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 70 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1291.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.48.