Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 3.83% or 0.700 points to trade at 18.970 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 2.17% or 0.280 points to end at 13.165 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.16% or 0.140 points to 12.165 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which fell 2.96% or 1.430 points to trade at 46.835 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 0.94% or 0.220 points to end at 23.075 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was down 0.83% or 0.065 points to 7.730.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.17% or 0.280 to 13.165. Shares in Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.16% or 0.140 to 12.165.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 13.45 to $1266.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.53 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0609, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.87.