Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 0.75% or 0.135 points to trade at 18.150 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 0.45% or 0.003 points to end at 0.670 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.43% or 0.042 points to 9.778 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MC:MAP), which lost 1.85% or 0.039 points to trade at 2.072 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.49% or 0.175 points to end at 11.540 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.34% or 0.017 points to 1.253.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.75 to $1330.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.15 to hit $45.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.19 to trade at $47.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1060, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.8407.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 96.64.