Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 3.40% or 0.0230 points to trade at 0.6990 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 0.93% or 0.0640 points to end at 6.9340 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 0.03% or 0.0050 points to 14.6650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 2.15% or 0.180 points to trade at 8.206 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.68% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1760 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.68% or 0.0003 points to 0.0176.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 37 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $50.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.26 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.71% or 9.65 to trade at $1347.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8673.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 94.55.