Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 1.91%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 0.84% or 0.0700 points to trade at 8.4250 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.45% or 0.050 points to end at 11.200 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.14% or 0.0040 points to 2.9380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 4.54% or 0.0115 points to trade at 0.2420 at the close. F.Rama (LS:RAMA) declined 4.49% or 0.400 points to end at 8.500 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 3.27% or 0.1050 points to 3.1050.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to all time highs; rising 0.84% or 0.0700 to 8.4250.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 3.28% or 2.49 to $73.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.06% or 2.05 to hit $64.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.15% or 28.10 to trade at $1280.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1604, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.80.