Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.09% or 0.0780 points to trade at 3.8130 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.92% or 0.2500 points to end at 13.2500 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 1.25% or 0.1750 points to 14.1950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae (LS:YSO), which fell 0.69% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.8680 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 0.59% or 0.0850 points to end at 14.3950 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 0.19% or 0.0050 points to 2.6640.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.92% or 0.2500 to 13.2500.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $55.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.35 to trade at $1134.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0451, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.99.