Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Madrid Petrol and Power, Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction and Madrid Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 1.60% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 1.44% or 0.90 points to end at 63.50 and Repsol (BME:REP) was up 1.04% or 0.12 points to 11.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which fell 3.51% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.06 in late trade. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 3.41% or 1.40 points to end at 39.64 and Acciona (BME:ANA) down 3.36% or 3.70 points to 106.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 118 to 68 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.15% or 31.06 to $2,721.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.30% or 2.44 to hit $76.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.29% or 2.53 to trade at $79.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 109.50.