Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 1.95% or 0.480 points to trade at 25.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.84% or 0.240 points to end at 13.285 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.76% or 0.215 points to 12.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 4.33% or 0.510 points to trade at 11.275 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 1.93% or 0.184 points to end at 9.365 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 1.63% or 0.305 points to 18.450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 67 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.02 to $1281.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $57.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.