Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 0.17% or 0.040 points to trade at 23.950 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 0.14% or 0.006 points to end at 4.288 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was down 0.16% or 0.015 points to 9.325 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 4.80% or 0.103 points to trade at 2.044 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 3.02% or 0.360 points to end at 11.580 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 2.33% or 0.150 points to 6.298.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 35 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1205.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $77.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1592, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 95.12.