Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 3.54% or 0.860 points to trade at 25.160 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 0.72% or 0.01 points to end at 1.671 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 0.46% or 0.018 points to 3.927 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 17.10% or 4.805 points to trade at 23.300 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 3.03% or 0.330 points to end at 10.550 and Acciona (MC:ANA) shed 2.39% or 1.590 points to 64.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 66 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.90% or 11.65 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.96% or 0.55 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.49 to trade at $63.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.34.