Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.34% or 0.026 points to trade at 2.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.11% or 0.135 points to end at 12.320 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.07% or 0.115 points to 10.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which fell 3.68% or 0.129 points to trade at 3.377 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 3.25% or 0.145 points to end at 4.335 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 3.01% or 0.042 points to 1.339.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 118 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 8.70 to $1196.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 1.21 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.60 to trade at $82.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1616, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.67.