Spain Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Spain stocks closed higher on Friday, with gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT, and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors lifting shares.

IBEX 35 Performance

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.12%, reaching a new 5-year high.

Best Performers

• Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) rose 3.09% or 0.30 points to 10.15.
• Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) increased 2.60% or 0.54 points to 21.34.
• Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 2.07% or 0.48 points to 23.62.

Worst Performers

• Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) fell 4.80% or 0.10 points to 1.91.
• Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) declined 4.00% or 0.05 points to 1.15.
• Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) decreased 3.92% or 0.22 points to 5.44.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange 111 to 73, with 29 stocks ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery fell 0.86% or 23.10 to $2,671.80 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for November delivery increased 0.99% or 0.67 to $68.34 a barrel.
• The December Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.55 to $71.64 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.12.
• EUR/GBP remained stable at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.22.