Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 4.92% or 0.825 points to trade at 17.585 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 2.71% or 1.220 points to end at 46.320 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 2.47% or 0.575 points to 23.875 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 5.77% or 0.470 points to trade at 7.678 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 3.84% or 0.040 points to end at 1.002 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was down 2.26% or 0.022 points to 0.953.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 58 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.92% or 10.75 to $1161.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.34% or 0.68 to hit $51.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.35 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.0539, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8378.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 101.72.