Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.31% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 7.13% or 0.0700 points to trade at 1.0520 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.83% or 0.1000 points to end at 3.6380 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.57% or 0.0190 points to 1.2290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 0.57% or 0.060 points to trade at 10.440 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.54% or 0.0300 points to end at 5.5350 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.51% or 0.0900 points to 17.5600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 11 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.13% or 0.0700 to 1.0520. Shares in Sonae (LS:YSO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.57% or 0.0190 to 1.2290.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.97% or 0.67 to $68.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.00 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.37.