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

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

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

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS ), which fell 2.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI ) declined 1.12% or 0.26 points to end at 23.04 and Acerinox (BME:ACX ) was down 0.76% or 0.07 points to 9.11.

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

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.44% or 38.10 to $2,677.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.73% or 0.55 to hit $75.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.51 to trade at $78.89 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 102.67.

Source: Investing.com