Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 8.94% or 0.673 points to trade at 8.199 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.34% or 0.180 points to end at 13.605 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.94% or 0.345 points to 37.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 1.71% or 0.058 points to trade at 3.329 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) declined 1.68% or 0.086 points to end at 5.041 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.39% or 0.012 points to 0.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 81 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.94% or 0.673 to 8.199. Shares in Acerinox (MC:ACX) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.34% or 0.180 to 13.605.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 2.35 to $1234.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.96% or 1.04 to hit $54.04 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.17 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0643, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.69.