Spain Stock Market Overview

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.13%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were:
– Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR): rose 1.40% or 0.04 points to trade at 3.20.
– Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX): added 0.95% or 0.47 points to end at 50.14.
– Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE): up 0.79% or 0.02 points to 1.92 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Acerinox (BME:ACX): fell 4.79% or 0.48 points to trade at 9.55.
– SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS): declined 2.63% or 0.23 points to end at 8.52.
– Grifols SA (BME:GRLS): down 2.36% or 0.23 points to 9.35.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 83, with 18 ending unchanged.

Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) fell to 3-year lows, down 2.63% or 0.23 to 8.52.

Commodities and Currency Summary

Gold Futures for February delivery fell 1.08% or 29.36 to $2,680.04 a troy ounce. In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery rose 1.56% or 1.09 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract increased 1.28% or 0.94 to trade at $74.35 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.05, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.68.