Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 2.20%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 3.32% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.903 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 0.14% or 0.011 points to end at 7.730 and Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 17.975 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which fell 5.78% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.610 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) declined 5.72% or 0.395 points to end at 6.510 and B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) was down 4.50% or 0.080 points to 1.696.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 172 to 29 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) fell to all time lows; losing 5.72% or 0.395 to 6.510. Shares in B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.50% or 0.080 to 1.696.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.43% or 4.80 to $1119.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.20% or 0.56 to hit $46.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.55% or 0.79 to trade at $49.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.7330.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.28.