Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 3.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 1.91% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.443 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 0.27% or 0.026 points to end at 9.761 and FCC (MC:FCC) was down 0.16% or 0.012 points to 7.577 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which fell 11.34% or 0.199 points to trade at 1.556 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 8.15% or 0.386 points to end at 4.350 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was down 5.53% or 0.120 points to 2.049.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 164 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.15 to $1274.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.55% or 1.29 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.23 to trade at $50.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1281, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.7872.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 94.42.