Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 0.91% or 0.150 points to trade at 16.650 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.13% or 0.01 points to end at 11.52 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.08% or 0.015 points to 18.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which lost 6.35% or 2.210 points to trade at 32.600 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 4.42% or 0.785 points to end at 16.975 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 3.06% or 0.425 points to 13.445.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 6.80 to $1252.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.15 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.