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 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.27% or 0.235 points to trade at 10.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.90% or 0.230 points to end at 12.350 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.76% or 0.18 points to 10.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 7.43% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.872 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.32% or 0.175 points to end at 7.370 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was down 1.77% or 0.25 points to 13.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 102 to 60 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.90% or 0.230 to 12.350.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.65 to $1221.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.60% or 0.32 to hit $53.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $56.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 99.64.