Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.38%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which rose 3.09% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) added 2.12% or 0.23 points to end at 11.09 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was up 1.85% or 0.46 points to 25.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which fell 0.75% or 0.37 points to trade at 48.98 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) declined 0.20% or 0.07 points to end at 34.93 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) was 0.14% or 0.00 points to 2.17.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 140 to 67 and 13 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 24.00 to $2,536.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.41% or 1.83 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.49 to trade at $77.33 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.58.