Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.08% or 0.115 points to trade at 10.800 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.81% or 0.270 points to end at 33.725 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 0.48% or 0.200 points to 41.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 2.88% or 0.286 points to trade at 9.635 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.82% or 0.170 points to end at 5.859 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 1.91% or 0.128 points to 6.558.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 8.25 to $1208.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $45.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.13 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.0595, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 101.32.