Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.08% or 0.115 points to trade at 10.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.81% or 0.270 points to end at 33.725 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 0.48% or 0.200 points to 41.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 2.88% or 0.286 points to trade at 9.635 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.82% or 0.170 points to end at 5.859 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was down 1.91% or 0.128 points to 6.558.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.69% or 8.35 to $1208.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $46.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0594, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.