Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.39%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE ), which rose 2.82% or 0.55 points to trade at 20.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Fluidra (BME:FLUI ) added 2.55% or 0.64 points to end at 25.76 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL ) was up 1.86% or 0.10 points to 5.47 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb ), which fell 3.51% or 0.69 points to trade at 18.99 at the close. Mapfre (BME:MAP ) declined 1.65% or 0.04 points to end at 2.51 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS ) was down 1.21% or 0.11 points to 8.63.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 67 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fluidra (BME:FLUI ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.55% or 0.64 to 25.76.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 12.61 to $2,661.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 0.85 to hit $67.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.78 to trade at $71.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 105.99.

Source: Investing.com