Spain's stock market ended the trading day in Madrid with visible weakness on Friday, as sector-level declines - led by the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT groups - exerted downward pressure on the benchmark.
At the close, the IBEX 35 fell 1.14% to register a new three-month low. Market breadth was tilted toward sellers: 126 stocks fell versus 49 that advanced, and 27 finished unchanged on the Madrid exchange.
The session's best performers on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which gained 1.14% or 0.25 points to finish at 22.18; International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (BME:ICAG), which rose 0.68% or 0.03 points to close at 4.00; and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE), which added 0.27% or 0.04 points to end at 14.92.
At the other end of the index, Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) recorded the steepest drop, sliding 5.31% or 1.44 points to 25.69 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) fell 2.58% or 0.36 points to 13.57, and Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 2.53% or 1.38 points to 53.20.
Notably, shares of SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) moved up to three-year highs, finishing the session up 1.14% or 0.25 at 22.18.
In commodities, Gold Futures for April delivery were down 0.28% or 12.74 to $4,592.96 a troy ounce. Crude oil for May delivery rose 2.50% or 2.39 to $97.94 a barrel, while the May Brent contract increased 1.68% or 1.83 to trade at $110.48 a barrel.
Foreign-exchange markets showed limited movement: EUR/USD was essentially unchanged, quoted at 1.16 (a 0.22% variation reported), while EUR/GBP remained around 0.87 with a 0.52% reading. The US Dollar Index Futures were higher, up 0.27% at 99.33.
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