Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 2.65% or 0.315 points to trade at 12.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.58% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.3180 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 2.17% or 0.0750 points to 3.5250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 2.52% or 0.4150 points to trade at 16.0850 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.09% or 0.0320 points to end at 2.9130 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.88% or 0.0500 points to 5.6600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.76% or 1.10 to $63.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.67% or 0.96 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 10.88 to trade at $1284.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1907, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.74.