Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 0.97% or 0.0032 points to trade at 0.3324 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 0.86% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.2335 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.78% or 0.080 points to 10.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae (LS:YSO), which fell 1.70% or 0.0220 points to trade at 1.2710 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.22% or 0.2000 points to end at 16.1550 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 1.10% or 0.0550 points to 4.9650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.20% or 0.14 to $70.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.93% or 0.61 to hit $66.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 11.00 to trade at $1351.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.2429, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.