Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which rose 2.76% or 0.56 points to trade at 20.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 2.40% or 0.13 points to end at 5.54 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) was up 2.11% or 0.19 points to 9.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which fell 1.61% or 0.88 points to trade at 53.70 at the close. Telefonica (BME:TEF) declined 1.45% or 0.07 points to end at 4.43 and Iberdrola (BME:IBE) was down 0.68% or 0.10 points to 13.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 83 and 30 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 25.65 to $2,733.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.81% or 1.28 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.29 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.39.