Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 2.56% or 0.0440 points to trade at 1.7660 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.68% or 0.0640 points to end at 3.8720 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 1.54% or 0.0130 points to 0.8585 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 0.53% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.1860 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 0.41% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.2444 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.21% or 0.020 points to 9.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.49% or 0.92 to $60.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.48% or 0.78 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1481, while EUR/GBP fell 1.00% to 0.8927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.150.