Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which rose 5.28% or 2.105 points to trade at 41.995 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 5.19% or 0.284 points to end at 5.754 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 4.51% or 0.097 points to 2.247 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viscofan (MC:VIS), which lost 7.98% or 4.150 points to trade at 47.850 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.02% or 1.360 points to end at 66.070 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) shed 1.97% or 0.515 points to 25.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 60 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.03% or 13.75 to $1354.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.09 to hit $41.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.07 to trade at $43.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.1164, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8429.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.12% at 95.61.