Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the fell 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:), which rose 1.60% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:) added 1.44% or 0.90 points to end at 63.50 and Repsol (BME:) was up 1.04% or 0.12 points to 11.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:), which fell 3.51% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.06 at the close. Ferrovial (BME:) declined 3.41% or 1.40 points to end at 39.64 and Acciona (BME:) was down 3.36% or 3.70 points to 106.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 118 to 68 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.14% or 30.61 to $2,721.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.42% or 2.53 to hit $76.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.39% or 2.61 to trade at $79.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 109.51.
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