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 added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 2.55% or 0.3750 points to trade at 15.0900 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.34% or 0.3500 points to end at 15.3100 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 2.21% or 0.060 points to 2.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 1.18% or 0.0540 points to trade at 4.5040 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 1.13% or 0.0033 points to end at 0.2892 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 0.52% or 0.0250 points to 4.7550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 2.42% or 1.54 to $65.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.81% or 1.69 to hit $61.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1324.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.2322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.02.