Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 3.52% or 0.139 points to trade at 4.093 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.79% or 0.063 points to end at 8.000 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 0.43% or 0.110 points to 25.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 4.37% or 0.500 points to trade at 10.950 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.00% or 0.120 points to end at 3.870 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 2.48% or 0.140 points to 5.503.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 55 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 12.01 to $1285.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.76% or 1.01 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 1.13 to trade at $63.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1915, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.69.