Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 3.83% or 0.700 points to trade at 18.970 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 2.17% or 0.280 points to end at 13.165 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.16% or 0.140 points to 12.165 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which lost 2.96% or 1.430 points to trade at 46.835 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 0.94% or 0.220 points to end at 23.075 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 0.83% or 0.065 points to 7.730.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 13.55 to $1266.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.53 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0609, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.87.