Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 3.52% or 0.139 points to trade at 4.093 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.79% or 0.063 points to end at 8.000 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 0.43% or 0.110 points to 25.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 4.37% or 0.500 points to trade at 10.950 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.00% or 0.120 points to end at 3.870 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 2.48% or 0.140 points to 5.503.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 125 to 55 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 11.91 to $1285.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.72% or 0.99 to hit $58.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 1.11 to trade at $63.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1915, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.69.