Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.99% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.88% or 0.41 points to trade at 22.24 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 1.49% or 0.025 points to end at 1.665 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.89% or 0.076 points to 8.582 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 4.11% or 0.470 points to trade at 10.960 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 3.65% or 0.425 points to end at 11.220 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 3.29% or 0.860 points to 25.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 134 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.65% or 21.90 to $1349.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.14 to hit $65.44 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 1.06 to trade at $69.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.2363, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.04.