Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 0.95% or 0.043 points to trade at 4.571 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 0.24% or 0.065 points to end at 26.565 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.08% or 0.10 points to 120.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 5.80% or 0.097 points to trade at 1.574 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 5.62% or 0.288 points to end at 4.832 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was down 3.82% or 0.069 points to 1.739.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 157 to 40 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 2.51% or 30.45 to $1243.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.19 to trade at $49.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.68% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP rose 1.01% to 0.7810.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.56% at 94.07.