Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.60%

Spain stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Solaria Energia Y Medio Ambiente (BME:SLRS), which rose 3.43% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) added 3.36% or 0.72 points to end at 22.14 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) was up 2.64% or 1.36 points to 52.96 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which fell 3.55% or 0.55 points to trade at 14.94 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 2.78% or 0.55 points to end at 19.22 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was down 2.00% or 0.07 points to 3.38.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 85 and 9 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.09% or 44.70 to $4,068.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.55% or 0.50 to hit $90.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.91 to trade at $97.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 102.07.