Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.18% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.97% or 0.180 points to trade at 9.340 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 1.65% or 0.400 points to end at 24.640 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 1.36% or 0.300 points to 22.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Endesa (MC:ELE), which fell 4.01% or 0.720 points to trade at 17.250 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 3.97% or 2.960 points to end at 71.540 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 3.44% or 0.214 points to 6.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 62 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.20 to $1223.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.45 to trade at $79.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1559, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.93.