Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 3.76% or 0.3200 points to trade at 8.8400 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 3.60% or 0.2050 points to end at 5.9000 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 2.16% or 0.5000 points to 23.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which fell 3.09% or 0.300 points to trade at 9.400 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 2.59% or 0.0250 points to end at 0.9400 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.89% or 0.0051 points to 0.2654.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) rose to all time highs; rising 3.76% or 0.3200 to 8.8400. Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to all time highs; up 3.60% or 0.2050 to 5.9000. Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.16% or 0.5000 to 23.6000.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.94% or 0.73 to $76.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.42% or 0.28 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1302.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.56.