Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 1.07% or 0.051 points to trade at 4.792 at the close. Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) added 0.31% or 0.085 points to end at 27.350 and Caixabank SA (MADRID:CABK) was up 0.22% or 0.010 points to 4.481 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 2.28% or 0.178 points to trade at 7.630 in late trade. Indra A (MADRID:IDR) declined 1.48% or 0.137 points to end at 9.110 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) shed 1.30% or 0.255 points to 19.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 150 to 60 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1205.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.63% or 0.99 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.17 to trade at $65.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1033, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7128.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 96.14.