Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.54% or 0.0500 points to trade at 3.3000 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.32% or 0.0710 points to end at 5.4510 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.90% or 0.0023 points to 0.2592 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.60% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.4500 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.28% or 0.150 points to end at 11.570 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was down 1.10% or 0.0780 points to 7.0030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 16 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.90% or 0.0023 to 0.2592.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.23% or 0.13 to $57.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.02 to trade at $1281.98 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1780, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 93.55.