Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which rose 1.53% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) added 1.42% or 0.08 points to end at 5.37 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) was up 0.84% or 0.03 points to 3.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (ELI:SEM), which fell 0.52% or 0.08 points to trade at 15.16 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) declined 0.45% or 0.09 points to end at 18.83 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO) was 0.43% or 0.00 points to 0.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.50% or 1.28 to $83.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.83% or 1.49 to hit $79.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 51.10 to trade at $2,405.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.03.