Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which rose 2.09% or 0.117 points to trade at 5.715 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.84% or 0.425 points to end at 23.550 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.73% or 0.290 points to 17.015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 1.75% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 1.50% or 0.018 points to end at 1.182 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 0.95% or 0.008 points to 0.836.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 97 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; down 0.95% or 0.008 to 0.836.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.78% or 9.30 to $1180.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.09% or 1.48 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.90% or 1.42 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.