Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.11%
Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate , Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.11% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME: ACX ), which rose 1.97% or 0.21 points to trade at 10.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Repsol (BME: REP ) added 1.59% or 0.19 points to end at 12.14 and Caixabank SA (BME: CABK ) was up 1.57% or 0.10 points to 6.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME: ICAG ), which fell 2.81% or 0.12 points to trade at 4.05 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME: SLRS ) declined 2.39% or 0.19 points to end at 7.75 and Mapfre (BME: MAP ) was down 2.04% or 0.06 points to 2.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 86 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acerinox (BME: ACX ) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.97% or 0.21 to 10.86. Shares in Caixabank SA (BME: CABK ) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.57% or 0.10 to 6.32.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.20% or 35.31 to $2,910.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $70.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $74.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 106.63.