Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.20% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.37% or 0.350 points to trade at 25.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.20% or 0.130 points to end at 11.000 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.81% or 0.540 points to 67.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Endesa (MC:ELE), which fell 2.06% or 0.350 points to trade at 16.600 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 2.01% or 0.182 points to end at 8.866 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 1.84% or 0.072 points to 3.845.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 138 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endesa (MC:ELE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.06% or 0.350 to 16.600.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1318.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.01% or 1.84 to hit $59.31 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.78% or 1.80 to trade at $63.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2218, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 90.41.