Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.20% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.37% or 0.350 points to trade at 25.910 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.20% or 0.130 points to end at 11.000 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.81% or 0.540 points to 67.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MC:ELE), which lost 2.06% or 0.350 points to trade at 16.600 in late trade. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 2.01% or 0.182 points to end at 8.866 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 1.84% or 0.072 points to 3.845.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 138 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.03% or 1.85 to hit $59.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.78% or 1.80 to trade at $63.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 90.42.