Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.28% or 0.0550 points to trade at 1.7300 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 1.67% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1830 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 1.59% or 0.0920 points to 5.8860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which fell 0.45% or 0.0050 points to trade at 1.1060 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 0.38% or 0.030 points to end at 7.850 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.14% or 0.0200 points to 14.5400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 29 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $49.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $47.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.55 to trade at $1327.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.18.