Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 1.59% or 0.124 points to trade at 7.928 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 0.83% or 0.200 points to end at 24.270 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) was up 0.74% or 0.160 points to 21.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 5.94% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.662 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 5.59% or 1.465 points to end at 24.735 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was down 3.67% or 0.234 points to 6.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 93 to 80 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; down 5.94% or 0.042 to 0.662.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1227.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.27 to trade at $59.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.110.