Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.49% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 1.00% or 0.082 points to trade at 8.283 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 0.97% or 0.180 points to end at 18.710 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.37% or 0.016 points to 4.303 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (MC:REP), which lost 1.93% or 0.290 points to trade at 14.745 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 1.85% or 0.215 points to end at 11.430 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 0.94% or 1.60 points to 169.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 61 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 9.80 to $1307.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.70 to trade at $66.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2023, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 91.81.