Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.85% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 3.31% or 0.211 points to trade at 6.586 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.51% or 0.074 points to end at 3.024 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.45% or 0.083 points to 3.469 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.39% or 0.119 points to trade at 8.420 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 1.28% or 0.145 points to end at 11.205 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 1.12% or 0.059 points to 5.226.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 87 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.56% or 6.90 to $1226.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.58 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.56 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.0554, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8618.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.92.