Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 2.75% or 0.108 points to trade at 4.040 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 2.71% or 0.045 points to end at 1.703 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 2.67% or 0.108 points to 4.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 2.55% or 0.630 points to trade at 24.080 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 2.45% or 0.53 points to end at 21.08 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 1.81% or 0.475 points to 25.755.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 89 to 77 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1249.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.27% or 0.72 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.14 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1762, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.91.