Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 3.71% or 0.1420 points to trade at 3.9740 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 3.35% or 0.410 points to end at 12.660 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 2.72% or 0.0063 points to 0.2375 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which fell 12.99% or 0.097 points to trade at 0.650 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.34% or 0.0440 points to end at 3.2400 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was down 1.20% or 0.039 points to 3.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) rose to all time highs; rising 3.35% or 0.410 to 12.660.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.93% or 0.47 to $50.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.01% or 0.49 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 9.99 to trade at $1276.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 96.69.