Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.28% or 0.435 points to trade at 13.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (MC:ANA) added 1.42% or 0.920 points to end at 65.800 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.72% or 0.160 points to 22.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 2.63% or 0.680 points to trade at 25.160 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.18% or 0.210 points to end at 9.420 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 2.17% or 0.565 points to 25.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 79 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 6.70 to $1335.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.89% or 1.20 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.97 to trade at $67.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.87.