Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.16% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.780 at the close. Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 1.72% or 0.350 points to end at 20.670 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 1.10% or 0.205 points to 18.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 0.95% or 0.080 points to trade at 8.376 in late trade. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 0.92% or 0.080 points to end at 8.610 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 0.90% or 0.560 points to 61.460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 83 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.73% or 9.90 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.