Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 1.57% or 0.061 points to trade at 3.938 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.53% or 0.180 points to end at 11.930 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.21% or 0.047 points to 3.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Endesa (MC:ELE), which fell 1.34% or 0.255 points to trade at 18.785 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.28% or 0.880 points to end at 67.840 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.14% or 0.285 points to 24.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 84 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.48 to $1287.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $58.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $63.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.