Spanish Shares.

The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 0.19 percent on Friday to close at 8,779.40 points, down from the 8,796.30 points of Thursday.

Share values were down 0.5 percent in the week as a whole with the risk premium falling from the 104.80 points of Monday to the 100.90 points of Friday and Spain's 10-year bond interest rate remaining stable all over the week at around 0.9 percent.

On Friday session, Telefonica shares led falls losing 4.04 percent, followed by ArcelorMittal, Gamesa, Melia Hotels, Acerinox and AENA that lost 2.11 percent, 1.32 percent, 0.72 percent, 0.46 percent and 0.42 percent respectively.

On the other hand, Mapfre shares led rises climbing 2.26 percent, followed by Bankia, Cellnex, Bankinter, Banco Popular and Banco Sabadell that rose 2.24 percent, 1.90 percent, 1.78 percent, 1.66 percent and 1.60 percent respectively.

Source:  XINHUA