Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.10% or 0.128 points to trade at 6.234 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 0.71% or 0.0850 points to end at 12.0500 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was up 0.54% or 0.0060 points to 1.1160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 5.66% or 0.0370 points to trade at 0.6170 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.54% or 0.0009 points to end at 0.0345 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 1.58% or 0.1020 points to 6.3690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 30 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.13% or 0.51 to $45.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.44 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.94% or 24.65 to trade at $1296.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1423, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.7905.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 93.65.