Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.09% or 0.0780 points to trade at 3.8130 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.92% or 0.2500 points to end at 13.2500 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 1.25% or 0.1750 points to 14.1950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 0.69% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.8680 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 0.59% or 0.0850 points to end at 14.3950 and REN (LS:RENE) shed 0.19% or 0.0050 points to 2.6640.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $55.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.35 to trade at $1134.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0451, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.99.