Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 3.08%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 4.04% or 0.172 points to trade at 4.446 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MADRID:SAN) added 3.99% or 0.249 points to end at 6.493 and Inditex (MADRID:ITX) was up 3.91% or 1.117 points to 29.718 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which fell 1.38% or 0.150 points to trade at 10.695 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) declined 0.16% or 0.070 points to end at 43.155 and Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) was up 0.08% or 0.030 points to 36.760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 176 to 37 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1159.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $58.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.99% to 1.1146, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.7195.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 96.09.