Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which rose 1.24% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (BME:BKT) added 1.20% or 0.09 points to end at 7.93 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) was up 1.15% or 2.10 points to 184.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which fell 2.47% or 0.85 points to trade at 33.63 at the close. Melia Hotels (BME:MEL) declined 2.38% or 0.19 points to end at 7.80 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) was down 2.26% or 0.15 points to 6.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 127 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) rose to all time highs; up 1.15% or 2.10 to 184.70.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.78% or 66.45 to $2,324.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $75.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.28 to trade at $79.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.74% at 104.82.