Spain Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.89%.

Best and Worst Performers

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were:
– Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI): rose 2.34% or 1.85 points to trade at 80.80 at the close.
– Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL): added 2.13% or 0.13 points to end at 5.99.
– Amadeus IT (BME:AMA): was up 1.28% or 0.78 points to 61.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were:
– Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb): fell 13.65% or 3.35 points to trade at 21.20 at the close.
– Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI): declined 2.45% or 0.03 points to end at 1.16.
– Acerinox (BME:ACX): was down 2.24% or 0.21 points to 8.96.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 142 to 60 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) fell to all-time lows, dropping 13.65% or 3.35 to 21.20.

Commodities and Currency Trading

• Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.55% or 14.00 to $2,529.10 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.18% or 1.51 to hit $67.64 a barrel.
• November Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.58 to trade at $71.11 a barrel.

The EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.11, while EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.20.