Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.22%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE ), which rose 2.99% or 0.56 points to trade at 19.29 at the close. Meanwhile, SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ) added 2.78% or 0.23 points to end at 8.52 and Indra A (BME:IDR ) was up 2.27% or 0.39 points to 17.59 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS ), which fell 4.35% or 0.98 points to trade at 21.53 at the close. Amadeus IT (BME:AMA ) declined 1.92% or 1.32 points to end at 67.32 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG ) was down 1.51% or 0.06 points to 3.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 84 and 25 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 13.19 to $2,655.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.26% or 0.92 to hit $74.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.60 to trade at $76.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 108.76.

Source: Investing.com