Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 2.44% or 0.250 points to trade at 10.500 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.53% or 0.2000 points to end at 13.2450 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.72% or 0.0019 points to 0.2641 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 3.33% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.2320 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 2.04% or 0.4500 points to end at 21.6000 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 1.76% or 0.1600 points to 8.9300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.34% or 0.25 to $72.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.90 to trade at $1229.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 94.36.