Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.16% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 1.72% or 0.350 points to end at 20.670 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.10% or 0.205 points to 18.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 0.95% or 0.080 points to trade at 8.376 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 0.92% or 0.080 points to end at 8.610 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was down 0.90% or 0.560 points to 61.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 98 to 83 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.73% or 9.90 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.