Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.08% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 5.24% or 0.047 points to trade at 0.944 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.92% or 0.142 points to end at 3.763 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.71% or 0.027 points to 1.024 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which lost 1.87% or 0.120 points to trade at 6.300 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.80% or 0.145 points to end at 7.895 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 1.60% or 0.105 points to 6.475.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.15 to $1200.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.51 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.58 to trade at $51.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.89% to 1.0670, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 101.41.