Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.32%

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 added 1.32%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which rose 3.27% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) added 2.91% or 0.27 points to end at 9.42 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 2.75% or 0.68 points to 25.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which fell 1.56% or 0.33 points to trade at 20.87 at the close. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 1.00% or 0.13 points to end at 12.89 and Mapfre (BME:MAP) was 0.15% or 0.00 points to 2.62.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 141 to 40 and 30 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fluidra (BME:FLUI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.75% or 0.68 to 25.40.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 2.55 to $2,751.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.00% or 0.69 to hit $69.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.71 to trade at $73.52 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.