Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 4.92% or 0.825 points to trade at 17.585 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 2.71% or 1.220 points to end at 46.320 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 2.47% or 0.575 points to 23.875 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 5.77% or 0.470 points to trade at 7.678 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 3.84% or 0.040 points to end at 1.002 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 2.26% or 0.022 points to 0.953.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 58 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.91% or 10.65 to $1161.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.36% or 0.69 to hit $51.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.36 to trade at $54.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.0539, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8378.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 101.71.