Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.39% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.90% or 0.475 points to trade at 16.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.65% or 0.770 points to end at 29.830 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.54% or 0.043 points to 1.739 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which fell 1.35% or 0.135 points to trade at 9.870 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.98% or 0.105 points to end at 10.590 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 0.95% or 1.15 points to 119.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 75 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.32% or 16.50 to $1233.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.62% or 0.70 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.77 to trade at $45.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7809.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.12.