Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 1.03% or 0.0900 points to trade at 8.8000 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.90% or 0.1150 points to end at 12.8300 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 0.78% or 0.0380 points to 4.9040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 3.28% or 0.360 points to trade at 10.600 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.78% or 0.3150 points to end at 17.4200 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.25% or 0.0033 points to 0.2617.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.38% or 0.28 to $73.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.94% or 0.65 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.00 to trade at $1225.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 94.86.