Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.15% or 0.255 points to trade at 12.115 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 2.05% or 0.028 points to end at 1.396 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.74% or 2.35 points to 137.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MC:MAP), which lost 1.24% or 0.036 points to trade at 2.867 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.21% or 0.890 points to end at 72.570 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.10% or 0.011 points to 0.987.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 76 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.35 to $1187.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.75% or 0.94 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 1.13 to trade at $55.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0688, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 100.62.