Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.97%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Telecoms&IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.97%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA), which rose 3.19% or 0.29 points to trade at 9.38 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 3.09% or 3.50 points to end at 116.70 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) was up 3.04% or 0.30 points to 10.18 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which lost 5.06% or 3.30 points to trade at 61.90 in late trade. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) declined 1.51% or 0.17 points to end at 11.13 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) shed 1.03% or 0.33 points to 31.68.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 76 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 5.65 to $2,567.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.64% or 1.13 to hit $67.57 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 1.02 to trade at $71.54 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.53% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 106.52.