Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 1.50% or 0.140 points to trade at 9.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.91% or 0.11 points to end at 12.17 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 0.78% or 0.052 points to 6.712 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 3.81% or 0.147 points to trade at 3.710 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 3.58% or 1.040 points to end at 28.050 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 2.92% or 0.099 points to 3.289.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 141 to 46 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.12% or 27.70 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.29% or 2.20 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.44% or 2.61 to trade at $73.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1607, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8743.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.80.