Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.20% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.2790 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.35% or 0.2150 points to end at 16.1300 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.24% or 0.0450 points to 3.6750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 1.65% or 0.0520 points to trade at 3.1060 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.48% or 0.2100 points to end at 13.9800 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.44% or 0.160 points to 10.940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.74% or 1.28 to $74.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.02% or 1.38 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1314.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1961, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.40.