Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.58%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.58%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE), which rose 2.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.26 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) added 2.03% or 0.12 points to end at 6.02 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY) was up 1.55% or 0.36 points to 23.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which lost 2.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.70 in late trade. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 1.12% or 0.26 points to end at 23.04 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) shed 0.76% or 0.07 points to 9.11.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 54 and 38 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.44% or 38.10 to $2,677.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.75% or 0.57 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.52 to trade at $78.88 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.66.