Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 0.17% or 0.040 points to trade at 23.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 0.14% or 0.006 points to end at 4.288 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was down 0.16% or 0.015 points to 9.325 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 4.80% or 0.103 points to trade at 2.044 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 3.02% or 0.360 points to end at 11.580 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was down 2.33% or 0.150 points to 6.298.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 131 to 35 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1205.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $77.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1592, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 95.12.