Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.28% or 0.216 points to trade at 6.804 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 2.90% or 0.172 points to end at 6.100 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.70% or 0.18 points to 11.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 2.65% or 0.610 points to trade at 22.420 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 2.23% or 0.156 points to end at 6.844 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 1.44% or 0.038 points to 2.595.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 86 to 86 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.75% or 0.92 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.07 to trade at $60.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.97% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.157.