Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 1.35% or 0.2100 points to trade at 15.8100 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 1.32% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.2310 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.84% or 0.0550 points to 6.6200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which fell 2.03% or 0.1120 points to trade at 5.4000 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.96% or 0.0560 points to end at 2.8040 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 1.86% or 0.2500 points to 13.1800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 16 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.32% or 0.18 to $57.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.30 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.65% or 7.65 to trade at $1173.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.0544, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 102.11.