Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.22% or 0.145 points to trade at 12.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.08% or 0.140 points to end at 13.100 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.75% or 0.051 points to 6.821 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 2.18% or 0.038 points to trade at 1.708 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 2.07% or 0.555 points to end at 26.245 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was down 1.97% or 0.081 points to 4.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 95 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.64% or 7.95 to $1257.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.24 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.30 to trade at $45.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1195, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.96.