Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.79% or 1.200 points to trade at 68.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 0.84% or 0.065 points to end at 7.810 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.41% or 0.037 points to 8.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inditex (MC:ITX), which fell 1.65% or 0.490 points to trade at 29.265 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.45% or 0.058 points to end at 3.940 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 1.29% or 0.310 points to 23.625.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 113 to 58 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.98% or 12.49 to $1290.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.25% or 1.24 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.23 to trade at $62.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.64.