Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 3.08% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.703 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) added 1.75% or 0.154 points to end at 8.931 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.46% or 0.265 points to 18.465 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 7.46% or 0.096 points to trade at 1.190 in late trade. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 1.96% or 0.510 points to end at 25.580 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.69% or 0.022 points to 1.278.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 10.05 to $1320.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.79% or 0.80 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 0.81 to trade at $45.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.0962, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8372.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 97.54.