Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.23%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate , Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.23% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL ), which rose 3.22% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE ) added 2.60% or 0.05 points to end at 1.88 and SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ) was up 2.48% or 0.29 points to 11.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bankinter (BME:BKT ), which fell 0.90% or 0.07 points to trade at 7.95 at the close. Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE ) declined 0.75% or 0.13 points to end at 17.18 and Logista (BME:LOG ) was down 0.21% or 0.06 points to 27.94.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.23% or 31.75 to $2,612.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.34 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.34 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 101.06.

Source: Investing.com