Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 1.50%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic , Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.50%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS ), which rose 1.60% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI ) added 1.44% or 0.90 points to end at 63.50 and Repsol (BME:REP ) was up 1.04% or 0.12 points to 11.69 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY ), which fell 3.51% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.06 at the close. Ferrovial (BME:FER ) declined 3.41% or 1.40 points to end at 39.64 and Acciona (BME:ANA ) was down 3.36% or 3.70 points to 106.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 118 to 68 and 23 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.61 to $2,721.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.42% or 2.53 to hit $76.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.39% or 2.61 to trade at $79.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 109.51.

Source: Investing.com