Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 1.61% or 0.016 points to trade at 1.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 1.45% or 0.15 points to end at 10.51 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was up 1.30% or 0.635 points to 49.490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.29% or 0.095 points to trade at 7.260 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.84% or 0.145 points to end at 17.200 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 0.75% or 0.041 points to 5.443.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 63 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.71% or 8.35 to $1172.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $54.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.24 to trade at $57.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0541, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8580.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.74% at 102.14.