Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 6.00% or 1.055 points to trade at 18.645 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.66% or 0.031 points to end at 0.879 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) was up 1.82% or 0.091 points to 5.088 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 4.87% or 1.645 points to trade at 32.105 in late trade. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 4.04% or 0.179 points to end at 4.250 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) shed 3.45% or 0.995 points to 27.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 143 to 57 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 2.64% or 33.45 to $1232.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.78% or 1.24 to hit $43.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.71% or 1.24 to trade at $44.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.0839, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 99.06.