Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 1.79% or 0.530 points to trade at 30.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 1.51% or 0.300 points to end at 20.110 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 1.12% or 0.210 points to 18.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 8.20% or 0.142 points to trade at 1.590 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.80% or 0.805 points to end at 27.960 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 1.60% or 0.165 points to 10.165.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 89 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 8.20% or 0.142 to 1.590.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.58% or 7.10 to $1213.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.39 to trade at $49.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1134, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.7611.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 95.53.