Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.31% or 0.500 points to trade at 22.150 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 0.99% or 1.40 points to end at 142.45 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 0.96% or 0.445 points to 46.705 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (MC:REP), which lost 1.27% or 0.185 points to trade at 14.370 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.24% or 0.275 points to end at 21.920 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) shed 1.19% or 0.590 points to 48.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 77 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1248.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $50.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0807, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8648.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.45.