Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.13%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Building&Construction and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 6.74% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.80 at the close. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 4.36% or 0.47 points to end at 11.13 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) was up 3.55% or 0.33 points to 9.64 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Repsol (BME:REP), which lost 2.62% or 0.31 points to trade at 11.51 in late trade. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) declined 2.59% or 0.24 points to end at 9.10 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) shed 2.52% or 0.62 points to 24.03.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 80 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 11.75 to $2,694.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.92% or 2.11 to hit $70.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.53% or 1.91 to trade at $73.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 1.00% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 105.05.