Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 0.28% or 0.040 points to trade at 14.055 at the close. Meanwhile, Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) added 0.10% or 0.003 points to end at 3.050 and Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) was down 0.12% or 0.015 points to 12.965 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which fell 4.66% or 0.835 points to trade at 17.100 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MADRID:TL5) declined 3.74% or 0.445 points to end at 11.455 and Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) was down 3.54% or 0.282 points to 7.694.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 172 to 45.
Shares in Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.66% or 0.835 to 17.100.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1189.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.57% or 2.06 to hit $59.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.64% or 2.27 to trade at $64.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.0979, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.7194.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.05.