Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 0.56% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0179 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 0.40% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.2520 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 0.28% or 0.0020 points to 0.7150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 1.82% or 0.0590 points to trade at 3.1860 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.23% or 0.0220 points to end at 1.7700 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 0.64% or 0.0170 points to 2.6330.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 31 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 0.68% or 0.35 to $51.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1265.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.70.