Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.74% or 0.150 points to trade at 8.765 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.50% or 0.102 points to end at 6.912 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.92% or 0.165 points to 18.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 2.51% or 0.540 points to trade at 20.940 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.49% or 2.020 points to end at 79.000 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 2.15% or 1.060 points to 48.320.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 60 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Viscofan (MC:VIS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.15% or 1.060 to 48.320.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.31% or 3.85 to $1243.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.66% or 1.40 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.21 to trade at $60.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1305, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.450.