Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.55% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which rose 1.61% or 0.325 points to trade at 20.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 1.60% or 0.17 points to end at 10.48 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.54% or 0.23 points to 15.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.13% or 0.090 points to trade at 7.881 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 1.09% or 0.010 points to end at 0.910 and Repsol (MC:REP) was down 0.86% or 0.125 points to 14.475.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 81 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gas Natural (MC:GAS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.61% or 0.325 to 20.540.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1244.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $50.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $53.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.22.