Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE), which rose 1.28% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) added 1.22% or 0.06 points to end at 4.81 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) was up 1.13% or 0.08 points to 7.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which fell 1.31% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.45 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) declined 0.50% or 0.07 points to end at 14.00 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was down 0.05% or 0.01 points to 19.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 8 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 1.35% or 1.09 to $79.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.55% or 1.21 to hit $76.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.60% or 39.85 to trade at $2,532.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 102.54.