Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.06% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 1.22% or 0.1800 points to trade at 14.9800 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.19% or 0.1250 points to end at 10.6500 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.95% or 0.1400 points to 14.8600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 3.13% or 0.0056 points to trade at 0.1734 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.61% or 0.0420 points to end at 1.5700 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.40% or 0.0035 points to 0.2465.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.61% or 0.0420 to 1.5700.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.41% or 0.27 to $66.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.16 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.97% or 23.60 to trade at $1222.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.33.