Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 1.58% or 0.285 points to trade at 18.330 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 1.30% or 0.150 points to end at 11.690 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was up 1.00% or 0.320 points to 32.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 2.49% or 0.765 points to trade at 29.955 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 2.35% or 0.095 points to end at 3.954 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 2.01% or 0.535 points to 26.110.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 95 to 83 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1257.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1775, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.86.