Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.83% or 0.240 points to trade at 8.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.67% or 0.370 points to end at 22.500 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 1.32% or 1.020 points to 78.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which fell 2.33% or 0.205 points to trade at 8.595 at the close. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) declined 1.61% or 0.360 points to end at 22.040 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was down 1.33% or 0.066 points to 4.911.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.91% or 22.90 to $1222.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $66.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.