Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 8.97% or 0.965 points to trade at 11.725 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 4.13% or 0.247 points to end at 6.226 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 2.99% or 0.610 points to 21.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acciona (MC:ANA), which lost 2.64% or 1.920 points to trade at 70.780 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.83% or 0.245 points to end at 13.175 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 1.77% or 0.058 points to 3.211.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 51 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.55% or 6.85 to $1258.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.62% or 0.34 to hit $54.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $56.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0588, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.