Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.78% or 0.435 points to trade at 11.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 3.32% or 0.152 points to end at 4.753 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 3.20% or 0.046 points to 1.484 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which fell 1.10% or 1.80 points to trade at 162.50 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.21% or 0.035 points to end at 16.615 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was down 0.14% or 0.030 points to 20.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 156 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.10 to $1296.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.76% or 0.51 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.75 to trade at $76.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.