Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.00% or 0.0210 points to trade at 1.0710 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 1.55% or 0.0920 points to end at 6.0360 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.38% or 0.2000 points to 14.7400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.09% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.7480 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.43% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.2070 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.06% or 0.0310 points to 2.8940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.61 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.45 to trade at $1152.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0534, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 102.29.