Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 1.55% or 0.032 points to trade at 2.096 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.43% or 0.395 points to end at 28.085 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 1.20% or 0.028 points to 2.367 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.34% or 0.245 points to trade at 10.225 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 1.71% or 0.117 points to end at 6.711 and Acciona (MC:ANA) shed 1.71% or 1.170 points to 67.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 82 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.83% or 10.20 to $1236.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.77% or 1.15 to hit $40.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.21% or 0.97 to trade at $42.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.7944.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.54.