Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 2.09% or 0.425 points to trade at 20.750 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.94% or 1.040 points to end at 54.620 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.81% or 0.960 points to 54.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.06% or 0.084 points to trade at 4.001 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.95% or 0.385 points to end at 19.345 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 1.57% or 0.180 points to 11.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1256.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.61% or 0.27 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.41 to trade at $47.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.19.