Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 0.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.83% or 0.080 points to end at 9.720 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 0.28% or 0.0140 points to 4.9580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which lost 1.58% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.8720 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.55% or 0.3100 points to end at 19.7400 and Sonae (LS:YSO) shed 1.20% or 0.0120 points to 0.9870.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.25% or 0.90 to $72.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.27% or 0.85 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1219.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.11% to 1.1400, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 96.22.