Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.72% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.52% or 0.885 points to trade at 36.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 1.00% or 0.160 points to end at 16.205 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 0.74% or 0.07 points to 9.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 4.57% or 0.043 points to trade at 0.897 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 2.47% or 0.260 points to end at 10.265 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was down 2.14% or 0.415 points to 19.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 144 to 59 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.79% or 9.25 to $1178.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8419.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 100.79.