Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 0.73% or 0.180 points to trade at 24.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 0.64% or 0.320 points to end at 50.200 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.60% or 0.410 points to 68.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 6.26% or 0.472 points to trade at 7.066 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 4.85% or 0.081 points to end at 1.588 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was down 3.04% or 0.360 points to 11.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 133 to 41 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.31 to $1271.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.96% or 1.03 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 0.86 to trade at $60.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1584, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.92.