Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 10.37% or 0.0148 points to trade at 0.1575 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.24% or 0.0900 points to end at 4.1070 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.88% or 0.0020 points to 0.2290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 2.17% or 0.0190 points to trade at 0.8560 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 1.53% or 0.0400 points to end at 2.5800 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 1.40% or 0.0100 points to 0.7050.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 2.42% or 1.31 to $55.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.36% or 1.23 to hit $53.35 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1205.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0684, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 100.99.