Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 3.28% or 0.470 points to trade at 14.785 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) added 2.93% or 0.360 points to end at 12.640 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 2.80% or 0.620 points to 22.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 1.02% or 0.070 points to trade at 6.770 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.91% or 0.080 points to end at 8.685 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was down 0.82% or 0.020 points to 2.408.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mapfre (MC:MAP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.82% or 0.020 to 2.408.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 7.50 to $1251.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.23% or 2.18 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.61% or 2.77 to trade at $62.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1386, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.735.