BEST AND WORST PERFORMING STOCKS OF THE SESSION

The three top performers on the LSEG Spain Price Return index were:

* Amper, SA, up 1.51% * Talgo, SA, up 1.18% * Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, SA, up 1.06%

The three worst performers were:

* Meliá Hotels International, SA, down 1.96% * Acerinox, SA, down 1.64% * Laboratorios Farmacéuticos ROVI, SA, down 0.88%

At 0811 GMT on Friday, Spain's selective IBEX 35 stock index was down 51.50 points, or 0.29%, at 17,611.90 points, while the pan-European blue-chip FTSE Eurofirst 300 index slipped 0.02%.

In the banking sector, Santander lost 0.55%, BBVA fell 0.33%, Caixabank advanced 0.38%, Sabadell dropped 0.03%, Bankinter gained 0.21%, and Unicaja Banco rose 0.14%.

Among the major non-financial stocks, Telefónica climbed 0.79%, Inditex slipped 0.43%, Iberdrola fell 0.33%, Cellnex dropped 0.27%, and oil company Repsol rose 0.22%.