Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.07% or 0.0125 points to trade at 0.2185 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.90% or 0.2500 points to end at 13.4000 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.54% or 0.0950 points to 17.6400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.93% or 0.0550 points to trade at 2.7950 at the close. F.Rama (LS:RAMA) declined 0.97% or 0.100 points to end at 10.200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.92% or 0.100 points to 10.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.74% or 1.30 to $76.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.61% or 1.09 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.62% or 19.40 to trade at $1213.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1629, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.9046.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.02.