Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which rose 3.26% or 4.75 points to trade at 150.45 at the close. Meanwhile, ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 2.80% or 1.030 points to end at 37.830 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 2.40% or 0.156 points to 6.666 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 3.60% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.020 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 3.34% or 2.150 points to end at 62.300 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 3.19% or 0.315 points to 9.565.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 90 to 88 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.80% or 1.030 to 37.830.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.68 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $78.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP rose 1.19% to 0.8981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.82.