Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT , Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Amadeus IT (BME: AMA ), which rose 4.69% or 3.26 points to trade at 72.72 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME: ICAG ) added 3.80% or 0.16 points to end at 4.26 and Acciona (BME: ANA ) was up 3.22% or 3.70 points to 118.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME: PUIGb ), which fell 5.94% or 1.14 points to trade at 17.97 at the close. Grifols SA (BME: GRLS ) declined 3.41% or 0.38 points to end at 10.62 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME: ROVI ) was down 2.03% or 1.10 points to 53.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 108 to 87 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Amadeus IT (BME: AMA ) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.69% or 3.26 to 72.72. Shares in Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME: ROVI ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.03% or 1.10 to 53.20.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.25% or 36.11 to $2,859.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.88% or 0.62 to hit $69.73 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.82 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 107.21.