Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 3.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 1.91% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.443 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 0.27% or 0.026 points to end at 9.761 and FCC (MC:FCC) was down 0.16% or 0.012 points to 7.577 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which lost 11.34% or 0.199 points to trade at 1.556 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) declined 8.15% or 0.386 points to end at 4.350 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) shed 5.53% or 0.120 points to 2.049.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.15 to $1274.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.55% or 1.29 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.37% or 1.23 to trade at $50.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1281, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.7872.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 94.42.