Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 0.93% or 0.0560 points to trade at 6.1050 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 0.83% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.7290 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.80% or 0.0020 points to 0.2510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 2.33% or 0.0298 points to trade at 1.2500 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) declined 0.76% or 0.0530 points to end at 6.8960 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 0.56% or 0.0100 points to 1.7700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 22 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.33% or 0.67 to $49.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.93% or 0.96 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.76% or 9.70 to trade at $1279.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0970, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 98.42.