Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 1.77% or 0.335 points to trade at 19.270 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.16% or 0.057 points to end at 4.959 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 0.86% or 0.095 points to 11.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 0.90% or 0.220 points to trade at 24.125 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 0.85% or 0.044 points to end at 5.129 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.76% or 0.130 points to 16.995.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 88 to 67 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.70 to $1155.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.26 to trade at $56.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.0542, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8544.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 102.25.