Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 7.67% or 0.313 points to trade at 4.393 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 6.00% or 0.069 points to end at 1.220 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 4.37% or 0.434 points to 10.365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MC:ELE), which lost 0.78% or 0.140 points to trade at 17.890 in late trade. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) declined 0.57% or 0.035 points to end at 6.052 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.39% or 0.04 points to 9.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 46 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.35% or 17.85 to $1338.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $48.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8400.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 95.71.