Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 3.68% or 0.0091 points to trade at 0.2567 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.65% or 0.0044 points to end at 0.1704 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.99% or 0.0240 points to 2.4440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 3.23% or 0.320 points to trade at 9.590 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 2.51% or 0.0190 points to end at 0.7390 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 2.14% or 0.0680 points to 3.1100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 16 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.86% or 0.61 to $70.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.07% or 0.65 to hit $60.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 17.00 to trade at $1209.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1329, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 96.77.