Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 1.55% or 0.032 points to trade at 2.096 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.43% or 0.395 points to end at 28.085 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 1.20% or 0.028 points to 2.367 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 2.34% or 0.245 points to trade at 10.225 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 1.71% or 0.117 points to end at 6.711 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was down 1.71% or 1.170 points to 67.340.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 82 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.82% or 10.10 to $1236.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.77% or 1.15 to hit $40.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.21% or 0.97 to trade at $42.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.7944.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.54.