Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 0.51% or 0.0600 points to trade at 11.7700 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.16% or 0.0250 points to end at 15.7200 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was up 0.09% or 0.0010 points to 1.1290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 3.19% or 0.1830 points to trade at 5.5620 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 2.06% or 0.0540 points to end at 2.5700 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 1.67% or 0.1000 points to 5.9000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 44 to 7 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.19% or 0.1830 to 5.5620.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.52% or 0.80 to $51.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.31% or 0.66 to hit $49.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1251.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP rose 1.50% to 0.8971.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.78.