Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.28% or 0.50 points to trade at 22.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 2.10% or 0.540 points to end at 26.260 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.45% or 0.170 points to 11.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.71% or 0.460 points to trade at 26.500 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 1.45% or 0.061 points to end at 4.140 and Repsol (MC:REP) was down 1.08% or 0.170 points to 15.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 98 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 7.20 to $1334.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.02% or 0.65 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.72 to trade at $68.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.34.