Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 1.37% or 0.0720 points to trade at 5.3230 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.23% or 0.012 points to end at 0.990 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.16% or 0.1950 points to 16.9800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 2.02% or 0.1120 points to trade at 5.4350 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 1.69% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.8700 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.35% or 0.0130 points to 0.9490.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 2.64% or 1.27 to $46.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.66% or 1.21 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.98% or 11.96 to trade at $1211.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1407, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 95.76.