Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:), which rose 2.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:) added 2.03% or 0.12 points to end at 6.02 and Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:) was up 1.55% or 0.36 points to 23.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:), which fell 2.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Fluidra (BME:) declined 1.12% or 0.26 points to end at 23.04 and Acerinox (BME:) 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.
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