Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Petrol and Power and Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which rose 3.24% or 0.27 points to trade at 8.48 at the close. Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) added 2.71% or 1.23 points to end at 46.59 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) was up 0.97% or 0.22 points to 22.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which fell 1.10% or 0.06 points to trade at 5.41 in late trade. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 0.93% or 0.34 points to end at 36.36 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) down 0.89% or 0.10 points to 11.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 121 to 61 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.62% or 40.40 to $2,532.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.62% or 1.27 to hit $76.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 1.14 to trade at $79.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 102.53.