Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 0.75% or 0.135 points to trade at 18.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 0.45% or 0.003 points to end at 0.670 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 0.43% or 0.042 points to 9.778 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which fell 1.85% or 0.039 points to trade at 2.072 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.49% or 0.175 points to end at 11.540 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.34% or 0.017 points to 1.253.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 145 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.75 to $1330.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.19 to trade at $47.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1059, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.8407.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 96.65.