Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS), which rose 1.78% or 0.560 points to trade at 31.935 at the close. Meanwhile, Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) added 1.75% or 0.350 points to end at 20.350 and Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) was up 1.33% or 0.345 points to 26.210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 7.76% or 0.092 points to trade at 1.094 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) declined 2.97% or 1.375 points to end at 44.870 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) was down 2.11% or 0.148 points to 6.852.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 143 to 60 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 3.80 to $1093.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.94% or 0.42 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.51 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0972, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.63.