Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 0.91% or 0.150 points to trade at 16.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.13% or 0.01 points to end at 11.52 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.08% or 0.015 points to 18.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which fell 6.35% or 2.210 points to trade at 32.600 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 4.42% or 0.785 points to end at 16.975 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 3.06% or 0.425 points to 13.445.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 136 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) rose to all time highs; rising 0.91% or 0.150 to 16.650.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 6.82 to $1252.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.45% or 1.15 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.31% or 1.14 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.