Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.22% or 0.145 points to trade at 12.050 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.08% or 0.140 points to end at 13.100 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.75% or 0.051 points to 6.821 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 2.18% or 0.038 points to trade at 1.708 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 2.07% or 0.555 points to end at 26.245 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 1.97% or 0.081 points to 4.030.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 95 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 7.93 to $1257.33 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.30 to trade at $45.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1195, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8795.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.96.