Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 6.88% or 0.0013 points to trade at 0.0202 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 2.71% or 0.0810 points to end at 3.0680 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 2.19% or 0.1550 points to 7.2390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.65% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.1790 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.15% or 0.0700 points to end at 5.9910 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.475.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 34 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Montepio (LS:MPIO) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 to 0.475.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.30% or 0.13 to $43.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $41.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.95% or 12.75 to trade at $1353.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8431.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.07% at 95.66.