Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate, Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction and Madrid Technology and Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which rose 2.66% or 0.29 points to trade at 11.18 at the close. Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) added 1.39% or 0.27 points to end at 19.37 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) was up 1.28% or 0.30 points to 23.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which fell 2.96% or 0.76 points to trade at 24.88 in late trade. Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR) declined 2.41% or 0.08 points to end at 3.15 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) down 1.47% or 0.17 points to 11.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 114 to 80 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.11% or 2.99 to $2,848.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.33 to trade at $75.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.74.