Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.35% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.9010 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 1.07% or 0.0025 points to end at 0.2357 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.99% or 0.0030 points to 0.3050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 2.02% or 0.0830 points to trade at 4.0360 at the close. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 0.62% or 0.003 points to end at 0.482 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 0.51% or 0.0140 points to 2.7410.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.11% or 0.53 to $48.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.55 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.74 to trade at $1243.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1411, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.48.