Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 3.16% or 0.63 points to trade at 20.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 2.09% or 0.23 points to end at 11.24 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 2.06% or 0.355 points to 17.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 1.32% or 0.150 points to trade at 11.180 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 0.32% or 0.040 points to end at 12.430 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 0.18% or 0.020 points to 10.880.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 145 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1356.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.70% or 0.43 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.70 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2440, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 88.85.