Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.42% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.490 at the close. Meanwhile, ACS Const. (MC:ACS) added 0.71% or 0.190 points to end at 26.885 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 0.26% or 0.030 points to 11.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 4.15% or 0.049 points to trade at 1.133 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.75% or 0.088 points to end at 2.258 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) was down 3.26% or 0.214 points to 6.346.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 150 to 46 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.15 to $1342.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.50% or 1.62 to hit $44.70 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.17% or 1.51 to trade at $46.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1231, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.37.