Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 0.93% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.3240 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.77% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.7880 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 0.47% or 0.015 points to 3.205 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 2.35% or 0.335 points to trade at 13.915 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 2.09% or 0.3500 points to end at 16.4000 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 2.09% or 0.0049 points to 0.2300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 2.94% or 1.50 to $52.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.76% or 1.30 to hit $48.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.66 to trade at $1290.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.9137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.44.