Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 10.67% or 0.0019 points to trade at 0.0197 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.93% or 0.1140 points to end at 3.0140 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 3.01% or 0.0730 points to 2.4990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 4.94% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.1540 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 1.71% or 0.0440 points to end at 2.5360 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.69% or 0.050 points to 7.220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 35 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.62% or 0.29 to $46.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.47% or 0.21 to hit $45.35 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.37% or 5.10 to trade at $1357.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1052, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 96.34.