Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Viscofan (MC:VIS), which rose 2.48% or 1.500 points to trade at 62.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 1.67% or 0.300 points to end at 18.270 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.65% or 0.102 points to 6.278 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 3.93% or 0.970 points to trade at 23.740 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 3.57% or 0.234 points to end at 6.312 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 2.90% or 0.340 points to 11.380.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 87 to 79 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.57% or 0.234 to 6.312.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1230.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.76% or 0.52 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.70 to trade at $79.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1513, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.44.