Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 4.65% or 0.2890 points to trade at 6.5080 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 3.32% or 0.4550 points to end at 14.1750 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.83% or 0.1220 points to 6.7810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 2.46% or 0.0420 points to trade at 1.6680 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.44% or 0.0008 points to end at 0.0320 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 0.96% or 0.0280 points to 2.9020.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 21 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.14 to $48.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.46 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1251.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1213, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.7726.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.40.