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 gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which rose 3.09% or 1.070 points to trade at 35.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (MC:ANA) added 2.88% or 2.270 points to end at 80.970 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 2.78% or 0.46 points to 16.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 7.94% or 0.575 points to trade at 6.670 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 4.57% or 0.036 points to end at 0.752 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 4.31% or 0.550 points to 12.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 72 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.09% or 1.070 to 35.660. Shares in Acciona (MC:ANA) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.88% or 2.270 to 80.970.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 3.76 to $1227.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.09 to trade at $50.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0918, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 99.17.