Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.75% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 2.15% or 0.345 points to trade at 16.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 1.76% or 0.126 points to end at 7.280 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was up 1.42% or 0.129 points to 9.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA), which fell 2.37% or 0.895 points to trade at 36.900 at the close. Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) declined 2.20% or 0.300 points to end at 13.330 and Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) was down 2.03% or 0.755 points to 36.395.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 169 to 36 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) rose to 52-week lows; up 2.15% or 0.345 to 16.430.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.62% or 7.30 to $1167.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.36 to hit $57.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.35 to trade at $61.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.19% to 1.1104, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7275.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.04% at 96.49.