Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.27% or 0.235 points to trade at 10.580 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.90% or 0.230 points to end at 12.350 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.76% or 0.18 points to 10.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 7.43% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.872 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.32% or 0.175 points to end at 7.370 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) shed 1.77% or 0.25 points to 13.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1221.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.62% or 0.33 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $56.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 99.64.