Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.02% or 0.0650 points to trade at 1.6830 at the close. Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) added 1.17% or 0.0130 points to end at 1.1260 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.52% or 0.0650 points to 12.6750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 7.33% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1770 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 4.74% or 0.0320 points to end at 0.6430 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 2.53% or 0.0005 points to 0.0193.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 30 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $47.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $45.80 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1331.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1063, while EUR/GBP rose 1.01% to 0.8404.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 96.61.