Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.21% or 0.102 points to trade at 4.722 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.33% or 0.425 points to end at 32.305 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.26% or 0.13 points to 10.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.46% or 0.083 points to trade at 5.587 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.25% or 0.140 points to end at 11.055 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 1.22% or 0.145 points to 11.760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 93 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1346.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.28% or 0.99 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.87 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.63.