Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.08% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 5.24% or 0.047 points to trade at 0.944 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.92% or 0.142 points to end at 3.763 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.71% or 0.027 points to 1.024 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which fell 1.87% or 0.120 points to trade at 6.300 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.80% or 0.145 points to end at 7.895 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 1.60% or 0.105 points to 6.475.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 81 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.92% or 0.142 to 3.763.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.10 to $1200.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.51 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.58 to trade at $51.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.0671, while EUR/GBP rose 0.91% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 101.41.