Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.39% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.90% or 0.475 points to trade at 16.870 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.65% or 0.770 points to end at 29.830 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.54% or 0.043 points to 1.739 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telefonica (MC:TEF), which lost 1.35% or 0.135 points to trade at 9.870 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.98% or 0.105 points to end at 10.590 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 0.95% or 1.15 points to 119.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 75 and 40 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.30% or 16.20 to $1234.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.62% or 0.70 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.78 to trade at $45.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7809.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.12.