Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 6.32% or 0.600 points to trade at 10.100 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.72% or 0.0900 points to end at 12.6700 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.55% or 0.0160 points to 2.9060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.20% or 0.0055 points to trade at 0.2440 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.17% or 0.0410 points to end at 3.4600 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 1.07% or 0.0550 points to 5.0750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.22% or 0.91 to $75.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.00% or 0.70 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1242.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1672, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.56.